diff --git a/src/port/Engine.cpp b/src/port/Engine.cpp
index 887523f3..dd6f825b 100644
--- a/src/port/Engine.cpp
+++ b/src/port/Engine.cpp
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ GameEngine::GameEngine() {
                                     "SoundFont", static_cast<uint32_t>(SF64::ResourceType::SoundFont), 0);
 
     prevAltAssets = CVarGetInteger("gEnhancements.Mods.AlternateAssets", 0);
-    gEnableGammaBoost = CVarGetInteger("gGraphics.GammaMode", 1) == 1;
+    gEnableGammaBoost = CVarGetInteger("gGraphics.GammaMode", 0) == 0;
     context->GetResourceManager()->SetAltAssetsEnabled(prevAltAssets);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/port/ui/ImguiUI.cpp b/src/port/ui/ImguiUI.cpp
index 0b1aaf57..6f67f8b6 100644
--- a/src/port/ui/ImguiUI.cpp
+++ b/src/port/ui/ImguiUI.cpp
@@ -395,8 +395,6 @@ void DrawSettingsMenu(){
         }
 
         UIWidgets::PaddedEnhancementCheckbox("Enable Alternative Assets", "gEnhancements.Mods.AlternateAssets");
-        UIWidgets::EnhancementCheckbox("Enable Gamma Boost (Needs reload)", "gGraphics.GammaMode", false, "Gamma Boost is disabled in the current build of the game", UIWidgets::CheckboxGraphics::Cross, true);
-
         // If more filters are added to LUS, make sure to add them to the filters list here
         ImGui::Text("Texture Filter (Needs reload)");
         UIWidgets::EnhancementCombobox("gTextureFilter", filters, 0);
@@ -667,6 +665,10 @@ void DrawDebugMenu() {
         UIWidgets::CVarCheckbox("Disable Starfield interpolation", "gDisableStarsInterpolation", {
             .tooltip = "Disable starfield interpolation to increase performance on slower CPUs"
         });
+        UIWidgets::CVarCheckbox("Disable Gamma Boost (Needs reload)", "gGraphics.GammaMode", {
+            .tooltip = "Gamma Boost is disabled in the current build of the game",
+            .defaultValue = false
+        });
 
         UIWidgets::CVarCheckbox("Spawner Mod", "gSpawnerMod", {
             .tooltip = "Spawn Scenery, Actors, Bosses, Sprites, Items, Effects and even Event Actors.\n"