diff -ur falkon-3.1.0/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp falkon-3.1.0-native-scrollbars/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp
--- falkon-3.1.0/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp	2019-03-19 19:06:45.000000000 +0100
+++ falkon-3.1.0-native-scrollbars/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp	2019-03-22 01:54:08.007928070 +0100
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
     ui->wheelScroll->setValue(settings.value("wheelScrollLines", qApp->wheelScrollLines()).toInt());
     ui->xssAuditing->setChecked(settings.value("XSSAuditing", false).toBool());
     ui->printEBackground->setChecked(settings.value("PrintElementBackground", true).toBool());
-    ui->useNativeScrollbars->setChecked(settings.value("UseNativeScrollbars", false).toBool());
+    ui->useNativeScrollbars->setChecked(settings.value("UseNativeScrollbars", true).toBool());
     ui->disableVideoAutoPlay->setChecked(settings.value("DisableVideoAutoPlay", false).toBool());
     ui->webRTCPublicIpOnly->setChecked(settings.value("WebRTCPublicIpOnly", true).toBool());
     ui->dnsPrefetch->setChecked(settings.value("DNSPrefetch", true).toBool());
diff -ur falkon-3.1.0/src/lib/webengine/webscrollbarmanager.cpp falkon-3.1.0-native-scrollbars/src/lib/webengine/webscrollbarmanager.cpp
--- falkon-3.1.0/src/lib/webengine/webscrollbarmanager.cpp	2019-03-19 19:06:45.000000000 +0100
+++ falkon-3.1.0-native-scrollbars/src/lib/webengine/webscrollbarmanager.cpp	2019-03-22 01:54:08.007928070 +0100
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 
 void WebScrollBarManager::loadSettings()
 {
-    m_enabled = Settings().value(QSL("Web-Browser-Settings/UseNativeScrollbars"), false).toBool();
+    m_enabled = Settings().value(QSL("Web-Browser-Settings/UseNativeScrollbars"), true).toBool();
 
     if (!m_enabled) {
         for (WebView *view : m_scrollbars.keys()) {