diff --git a/src/rendering/vulkan/system/vk_swapchain.cpp b/src/rendering/vulkan/system/vk_swapchain.cpp
index 8c77355765..b9ffe154fa 100644
--- a/src/rendering/vulkan/system/vk_swapchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rendering/vulkan/system/vk_swapchain.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 EXTERN_CVAR(Bool, vid_vsync);
 
-CUSTOM_CVAR(Bool, vk_hdr, true, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG | CVAR_NOINITCALL)
+CUSTOM_CVAR(Bool, vk_hdr, false, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG | CVAR_NOINITCALL)
 {
 	Printf("This won't take effect until " GAMENAME " is restarted.\n");
 }