diff --git a/code/renderergl2/tr_init.c b/code/renderergl2/tr_init.c
index ea315e66..2a91d538 100644
--- a/code/renderergl2/tr_init.c
+++ b/code/renderergl2/tr_init.c
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ void R_Register( void )
 	r_forceAutoExposureMin = ri.Cvar_Get( "r_forceAutoExposureMin", "-2.0", CVAR_CHEAT );
 	r_forceAutoExposureMax = ri.Cvar_Get( "r_forceAutoExposureMax", "2.0", CVAR_CHEAT );
 
-	r_cameraExposure = ri.Cvar_Get( "r_cameraExposure", "0", CVAR_CHEAT );
+	r_cameraExposure = ri.Cvar_Get( "r_cameraExposure", "1", CVAR_CHEAT );
 
 	r_depthPrepass = ri.Cvar_Get( "r_depthPrepass", "1", CVAR_ARCHIVE );
 	r_ssao = ri.Cvar_Get( "r_ssao", "0", CVAR_LATCH | CVAR_ARCHIVE );
diff --git a/code/renderergl2/tr_postprocess.c b/code/renderergl2/tr_postprocess.c
index ade9ebf3..9931757b 100644
--- a/code/renderergl2/tr_postprocess.c
+++ b/code/renderergl2/tr_postprocess.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ void RB_ToneMap(FBO_t *hdrFbo, ivec4_t hdrBox, FBO_t *ldrFbo, ivec4_t ldrBox, in
 	// tonemap
 	color[0] =
 	color[1] =
-	color[2] = pow(2, r_cameraExposure->value); //exp2(r_cameraExposure->value);
+	color[2] = pow(2, r_cameraExposure->value - autoExposure); //exp2(r_cameraExposure->value);
 	color[3] = 1.0f;
 
 	if (autoExposure)