diff --git a/src/app/puzzle/dialogs/configpages/puzzlepreferenceslayoutpage.ui b/src/app/puzzle/dialogs/configpages/puzzlepreferenceslayoutpage.ui
index 686a1f150..f70b15e50 100644
--- a/src/app/puzzle/dialogs/configpages/puzzlepreferenceslayoutpage.ui
+++ b/src/app/puzzle/dialogs/configpages/puzzlepreferenceslayoutpage.ui
@@ -354,6 +354,9 @@
             <property name="maximum">
              <number>10</number>
             </property>
+            <property name="value">
+             <number>3</number>
+            </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
          </layout>
diff --git a/src/app/puzzle/vpsettings.cpp b/src/app/puzzle/vpsettings.cpp
index b936587bb..a6ce86dd7 100644
--- a/src/app/puzzle/vpsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/app/puzzle/vpsettings.cpp
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ auto VPSettings::GetLayoutLineWidth() const -> int
 {
     if (cachedLineWidth == -1)
     {
-        cachedLineWidth = qvariant_cast<int>(value(*settingLayoutLineWidth, 1));
+        cachedLineWidth = qvariant_cast<int>(value(*settingLayoutLineWidth, 3));
     }
 
     return cachedLineWidth;