diff --git a/main.qml b/main.qml
index 4be6be06..abf08edb 100644
--- a/main.qml
+++ b/main.qml
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
         property bool historyShowAdvanced: false
         property bool historyHumanDates: true
         property string blockchainDataDir: ""
-        property bool useRemoteNode: false
+        property bool useRemoteNode: isAndroid
         property string remoteNodeAddress: "" // TODO: drop after v0.17.2.0 release
         property string remoteNodesSerialized: JSON.stringify({
                 selected: 0,