diff --git a/direct/src/task/Task.py b/direct/src/task/Task.py
index 8b80c37c96..ab5a3c4d16 100644
--- a/direct/src/task/Task.py
+++ b/direct/src/task/Task.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ TaskOrig.py, the original Python implementation of the task system,
 and TaskNew.py, the new C++ implementation. """
 
 from pandac.libpandaexpressModules import ConfigVariableBool
-wantNewTasks = ConfigVariableBool('want-new-tasks', False).getValue()
+wantNewTasks = ConfigVariableBool('want-new-tasks', True).getValue()
 
 if wantNewTasks:
     from TaskNew import *