diff --git a/conf/glances.conf b/conf/glances.conf
index 3a0b8755fc602839a5cc12e58a9cd05e3d6cca01..1c24b7731ff5ebcc67e8c8c156d58bd5b4cd5701 100644
--- a/conf/glances.conf
+++ b/conf/glances.conf
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ critical=90
 [irq]
 # Documentation: https://glances.readthedocs.io/en/stable/aoa/irq.html
 # This plugin is disabled by default
-disable=False
+disable=True
 
 [folders]
 # Documentation: https://glances.readthedocs.io/en/stable/aoa/folders.html
diff --git a/glances/compat.py b/glances/compat.py
index 938c4b1696bd829a8965ca08be81bed1b3c60521..3822bf3c097d121892c28bd6356b93a89d3c9a67 100644
--- a/glances/compat.py
+++ b/glances/compat.py
@@ -283,3 +283,15 @@ def key_exist_value_not_none_not_v(k, d, v=''):
     # - d[k] is not None
     # - d[k] != v
     return k in d and d[k] is not None and d[k] != v
+
+
+def disable(class_name, var):
+    """Set disable_<var> to True in the class class_name."""
+    setattr(class_name, 'enable_' + var, False)
+    setattr(class_name, 'disable_' + var, True)
+
+
+def enable(class_name, var):
+    """Set disable_<var> to False in the class class_name."""
+    setattr(class_name, 'enable_' + var, True)
+    setattr(class_name, 'disable_' + var, False)
diff --git a/glances/main.py b/glances/main.py
index 9cb81f2b6ec142ec481ddf0b58a4452e50166f6f..11e68a3b53cffb571052ff895851632aa31aa060 100644
--- a/glances/main.py
+++ b/glances/main.py
@@ -24,22 +24,12 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 
 from glances import __version__, psutil_version
-from glances.compat import input
+from glances.compat import input, disable, enable
 from glances.config import Config
 from glances.globals import WINDOWS
 from glances.logger import logger, LOG_FILENAME
 
 
-def disable(class_name, var):
-    """Set disable_<var> to True in the class class_name."""
-    setattr(class_name, 'disable_' + var, True)
-
-
-def enable(class_name, var):
-    """Set disable_<var> to False in the class class_name."""
-    setattr(class_name, 'disable_' + var, False)
-
-
 class GlancesMain(object):
     """Main class to manage Glances instance."""
 
diff --git a/glances/outputs/glances_curses.py b/glances/outputs/glances_curses.py
index 121bbf8cbaaee441f67fb7fb6db480ba40353ec8..2e4a535d5c2000f79aa92ec4245e6b1ce8e1aefd 100644
--- a/glances/outputs/glances_curses.py
+++ b/glances/outputs/glances_curses.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 import sys
 
-from glances.compat import to_ascii, nativestr, b, u, itervalues
+from glances.compat import to_ascii, nativestr, b, u, itervalues, enable, disable
 from glances.globals import MACOS, WINDOWS
 from glances.logger import logger
 from glances.events import glances_events
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ try:
     import curses.panel
     from curses.textpad import Textbox
 except ImportError:
-    logger.critical("Curses module not found. Glances cannot start in standalone mode.")
+    logger.critical(
+        "Curses module not found. Glances cannot start in standalone mode.")
     if WINDOWS:
-	    logger.critical("For Windows you can try installing windows-curses with pip install.")
+        logger.critical(
+            "For Windows you can try installing windows-curses with pip install.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 
@@ -348,10 +350,25 @@ class _GlancesCurses(object):
         # Actions (available in the global hotkey dict)...
         for hotkey in self._hotkeys:
             if self.pressedkey == ord(hotkey) and 'switch' in self._hotkeys[hotkey]:
-                setattr(self.args,
-                        self._hotkeys[hotkey]['switch'],
-                        not getattr(self.args,
-                                    self._hotkeys[hotkey]['switch']))
+                if self._hotkeys[hotkey]['switch'].startswith('enable_') or \
+                   self._hotkeys[hotkey]['switch'].startswith('disable_'):
+                    # Enable / Disable switch
+                    # Get the option name
+                    # Ex: disable_foo return foo
+                    #     enable_foo_bar return foo_bar
+                    option = '_'.join(
+                        self._hotkeys[hotkey]['switch'].split('_')[1:])
+                    if getattr(self.args,
+                               self._hotkeys[hotkey]['switch']):
+                        disable(self.args, option)
+                    else:
+                        enable(self.args, option)
+                else:
+                    # Others switchs options (with no enable_ or disable_)
+                    setattr(self.args,
+                            self._hotkeys[hotkey]['switch'],
+                            not getattr(self.args,
+                                        self._hotkeys[hotkey]['switch']))
             if self.pressedkey == ord(hotkey) and 'sort_key' in self._hotkeys[hotkey]:
                 glances_processes.set_sort_key(self._hotkeys[hotkey]['sort_key'],
                                                self._hotkeys[hotkey]['sort_key'] == 'auto')
diff --git a/glances/plugins/glances_irq.py b/glances/plugins/glances_irq.py
index 7f666df7abfabc12caa2c3bc1d24a6b474afa0e9..8bf5b1291f9494b828cbec8a4377d941377b1e0a 100644
--- a/glances/plugins/glances_irq.py
+++ b/glances/plugins/glances_irq.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import os
 import operator
 
+from glances.logger import logger
 from glances.globals import LINUX
 from glances.timer import getTimeSinceLastUpdate
 from glances.plugins.glances_plugin import GlancesPlugin
diff --git a/glances/plugins/glances_plugin.py b/glances/plugins/glances_plugin.py
index 869cac7b8216babb1f4db9acf8627777f1bde7cf..50029d7358b98972c588c70e2e13a43bb4e713bf 100644
--- a/glances/plugins/glances_plugin.py
+++ b/glances/plugins/glances_plugin.py
@@ -143,9 +143,8 @@ class GlancesPlugin(object):
         try:
             d = getattr(self.args, 'disable_' + plugin_name)
         except AttributeError:
-            return True
-        else:
-            return d is False
+            d = getattr(self.args, 'enable_' + plugin_name, True)
+        return d is False
 
     def is_disable(self, plugin_name=None):
         """Return true if plugin is disabled."""