diff --git a/libs/gamecode/engine/pr_load.c b/libs/gamecode/engine/pr_load.c
index f2fbe2acd..35c55ffe6 100644
--- a/libs/gamecode/engine/pr_load.c
+++ b/libs/gamecode/engine/pr_load.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ void
 PR_Init_Cvars (void)
 {
 	pr_boundscheck =
-		Cvar_Get ("pr_boundscheck", "1", CVAR_NONE, NULL,
+		Cvar_Get ("pr_boundscheck", "0", CVAR_NONE, NULL,
 				  "Server progs bounds checking");
 	pr_deadbeef_ents = Cvar_Get ("pr_deadbeef_ents", "0", CVAR_NONE, NULL,
 							"set to clear unallocated memory to 0xdeadbeef");