diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index f1182039..30ff3795 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -14724,6 +14724,12 @@ console.log(`isLinux: ${LINUX}`);
         if (config) {
             try {
                 this.VRChatConfigFile = JSON.parse(config);
+                if (
+                    typeof this.VRChatConfigFile
+                        .picture_output_split_by_date === 'undefined'
+                ) {
+                    this.VRChatConfigFile.picture_output_split_by_date = true;
+                }
             } catch {
                 this.$message({
                     message: 'Invalid JSON in config.json',
diff --git a/src/mixins/dialogs/settings.pug b/src/mixins/dialogs/settings.pug
index cda123ac..6bfe9589 100644
--- a/src/mixins/dialogs/settings.pug
+++ b/src/mixins/dialogs/settings.pug
@@ -104,10 +104,7 @@ mixin settings
                         :key='row.index'
                         v-text='row.name'
                         :command='row')
-        el-checkbox(
-            v-model='VRChatConfigFile.picture_output_split_by_date'
-            style='margin-top: 5px; display: block'
-            :checked='true') {{ $t('dialog.config_json.picture_sort_by_date') }}
+        el-checkbox(v-model='VRChatConfigFile.picture_output_split_by_date' style='margin-top: 5px; display: block') {{ $t('dialog.config_json.picture_sort_by_date') }}
         el-checkbox(v-model='VRChatConfigFile.disableRichPresence' style='margin-top: 5px; display: block') {{ $t('dialog.config_json.disable_discord_presence') }}
         template(#footer)
             div(style='display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between')