diff --git a/changedetectionio/forms.py b/changedetectionio/forms.py
index 2ffd39b67..24ded23e8 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/forms.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/forms.py
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ class commonSettingsForm(Form):
         self.notification_title.extra_notification_tokens = kwargs.get('extra_notification_tokens', {})
         self.notification_urls.extra_notification_tokens = kwargs.get('extra_notification_tokens', {})
 
-    use_page_title_in_list = BooleanField('Use page <title> in watch', default=False)
+    use_page_title_in_list = BooleanField('Use page <title> in watch overview list', default=True)
     fetch_backend = RadioField(u'Fetch Method', choices=content_fetchers.available_fetchers(), validators=[ValidateContentFetcherIsReady()])
     notification_body = TextAreaField('Notification Body', default='{{ watch_url }} had a change.', validators=[validators.Optional(), ValidateJinja2Template()])
     notification_format = SelectField('Notification format', choices=valid_notification_formats.keys())
diff --git a/changedetectionio/model/__init__.py b/changedetectionio/model/__init__.py
index 0ba911954..747e83d6b 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/model/__init__.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/model/__init__.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class watch_base(dict):
             'remove_duplicate_lines': False,
             'trigger_text': [],  # List of text or regex to wait for until a change is detected
             'url': '',
-            'use_page_title_in_list': False,
+            'use_page_title_in_list': None, # None = use system settings
             'uuid': str(uuid.uuid4()),
             'webdriver_delay': None,
             'webdriver_js_execute_code': None,  # Run before change-detection