--- a/src/plugins/General/statusicon/settingsdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/General/statusicon/settingsdialog.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ SettingsDialog::SettingsDialog(QWidget *
     m_ui.setupUi(this);
     QSettings settings(Qmmp::configFile(), QSettings::IniFormat);
     settings.beginGroup("Tray");
-    m_ui.messageGroupBox->setChecked(settings.value("show_message",false).toBool());
+    m_ui.messageGroupBox->setChecked(settings.value("show_message",false).toBool());
     m_ui.messageDelaySpinBox->setValue(settings.value("message_delay", 2000).toInt());
     m_ui.niceTooltipGroupBox->setChecked(settings.value("show_tooltip", true).toBool());
 #ifdef QMMP_WS_X11
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ SettingsDialog::SettingsDialog(QWidget *
     m_ui.progressCheckBox->setEnabled(false);
     m_ui.templateButton->setEnabled(false);
 #endif
-    m_ui.standardIconsCheckBox->setChecked(settings.value("use_standard_icons",false).toBool());
+    m_ui.standardIconsCheckBox->setChecked(settings.value("use_standard_icons",true).toBool());
     m_template = settings.value("tooltip_template", DEFAULT_TEMPLATE).toString();
     settings.endGroup();
 }
--- a/src/plugins/General/statusicon/statusicon.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/General/statusicon/statusicon.cpp
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ StatusIcon::StatusIcon(QObject *parent)
     m_player = MediaPlayer::instance();
     QSettings settings(Qmmp::configFile(), QSettings::IniFormat);
     settings.beginGroup("Tray");
-    m_showMessage = settings.value("show_message",false).toBool();
+    m_showMessage = settings.value("show_message",false).toBool();
     m_messageDelay = settings.value("message_delay", 2000).toInt();
     m_hideToTray = settings.value("hide_on_close", false).toBool();
-    m_useStandardIcons = settings.value("use_standard_icons",false).toBool();
+    m_useStandardIcons = settings.value("use_standard_icons",true).toBool();
     m_showToolTip = settings.value("show_tooltip",true).toBool();
     m_splitFileName = settings.value("split_file_name",true).toBool();
 #ifdef QMMP_WS_X11