diff --git a/linphone-app/src/components/settings/SettingsModel.cpp b/linphone-app/src/components/settings/SettingsModel.cpp
index e9ad82a2e..5c92b0287 100644
--- a/linphone-app/src/components/settings/SettingsModel.cpp
+++ b/linphone-app/src/components/settings/SettingsModel.cpp
@@ -1579,7 +1579,7 @@ void SettingsModel::setSpellCheckerOverrideLocale (const QString &locale) {
 }
 
 bool SettingsModel::getSpellCheckerEnabled() const{
-	return mConfig->getBool(UiSection, "spell_checker_enabled", true);
+	return mConfig->getBool(UiSection, "spell_checker_enabled", false);
 }
 
 void SettingsModel::setSpellCheckerEnabled(bool enable){