diff --git a/lib/private/installer.php b/lib/private/installer.php
index 9b49543c3fb7f5b7c40d69d78502bd0dc39cd4ee..8375b231e9b08dfbcf800b0812905cb56b1d9051 100644
--- a/lib/private/installer.php
+++ b/lib/private/installer.php
@@ -460,8 +460,7 @@ class OC_Installer{
 		);
 
 		// is the code checker enabled?
-		if(OC_Config::getValue('appcodechecker', false)) {
-
+		if(OC_Config::getValue('appcodechecker', true)) {
 			// check if grep is installed
 			$grep = exec('which grep');
 			if($grep=='') {