diff --git a/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/com.linuxmint.mintmenu.gschema.xml b/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/com.linuxmint.mintmenu.gschema.xml
index 001bae2..e3e8c7a 100644
--- a/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/com.linuxmint.mintmenu.gschema.xml
+++ b/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/com.linuxmint.mintmenu.gschema.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     </key>
 
     <key type="b" name="use-custom-color">
-      <default>true</default>
+      <default>false</default>
       <summary></summary>
       <description></description>
     </key>