diff --git a/files/etc/config.mesh/aredn b/files/etc/config.mesh/aredn
index 2cac1254..679bd5d2 100644
--- a/files/etc/config.mesh/aredn
+++ b/files/etc/config.mesh/aredn
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ config tunnel
         option maxservers '10'
 
 config lqm
-        option enable '0'
+        option enable '1'
         option min_snr '15'
         option margin_snr '1'
         option min_distance '0'
diff --git a/files/etc/uci-defaults/80_aredn_lqm b/files/etc/uci-defaults/80_aredn_lqm
index 30a13ff1..c65e6892 100755
--- a/files/etc/uci-defaults/80_aredn_lqm
+++ b/files/etc/uci-defaults/80_aredn_lqm
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ do
     if [ "$(/sbin/uci -c $c -q get aredn.@lqm[0].enable)" = "" ]; then
         /sbin/uci -c $c -m import aredn <<__EOF__
     config lqm
-        option enable '0'
+        option enable '1'
         option min_snr '15'
         option margin_snr '1'
         option min_distance '0'
diff --git a/files/www/cgi-bin/advancedconfig b/files/www/cgi-bin/advancedconfig
index dd51d7c5..5827d58d 100755
--- a/files/www/cgi-bin/advancedconfig
+++ b/files/www/cgi-bin/advancedconfig
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ local settings = {
         key = "aredn.@lqm[0].enable",
         type = "boolean",
         desc = "Enable experimental link quality management",
-        default = "0",
+        default = "1",
         postcallback = "lqm_defaults()",
         needreboot = true
     },