diff --git a/plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.model/src/org/jkiss/dbeaver/ModelPreferences.java b/plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.model/src/org/jkiss/dbeaver/ModelPreferences.java
index 54344aba99aaae57fa183eda652fe85099791c04..8a957a6246a375060a89024c969174a4011b0387 100644
--- a/plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.model/src/org/jkiss/dbeaver/ModelPreferences.java
+++ b/plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.model/src/org/jkiss/dbeaver/ModelPreferences.java
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public final class ModelPreferences
     private static void initializeDefaultPreferences(DBPPreferenceStore store) {
         // Common
         PrefUtils.setDefaultPreferenceValue(store, QUERY_ROLLBACK_ON_ERROR, false);
-        PrefUtils.setDefaultPreferenceValue(store, EXECUTE_RECOVER_ENABLED, false);
+        PrefUtils.setDefaultPreferenceValue(store, EXECUTE_RECOVER_ENABLED, true);
         PrefUtils.setDefaultPreferenceValue(store, EXECUTE_RECOVER_RETRY_COUNT, 1);
 
         // SQL execution