diff --git a/source/common/menu/menu.cpp b/source/common/menu/menu.cpp
index 347adc0a9..9730b3ecd 100644
--- a/source/common/menu/menu.cpp
+++ b/source/common/menu/menu.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ EXTERN_CVAR (Bool, show_messages)
 
 CVAR(Bool, menu_sounds, true, CVAR_ARCHIVE) // added mainly because RR's sounds are so supremely annoying.
 //CVAR (Float, snd_menuvolume, 0.6f, CVAR_ARCHIVE) the current sound engine cannot deal with this.
-CVAR(Int, m_use_mouse, 1, CVAR_ARCHIVE|CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)
+CVAR(Int, m_use_mouse, 2, CVAR_ARCHIVE|CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)
 CVAR(Int, m_show_backbutton, 0, CVAR_ARCHIVE|CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)
 
 TArray<MenuClassDescriptor*> menuClasses(TArray<MenuClassDescriptor*>::ENoInit(0));