diff --git a/config_templates/system_settings.ini b/config_templates/system_settings.ini
index 32cebc036..74027f711 100644
--- a/config_templates/system_settings.ini
+++ b/config_templates/system_settings.ini
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ; Control whether RO should ease its validation of NROs.
 ; (note: this is normally not necessary, and ips patches can be used.)
 [ro]
-; ease_nro_restriction = u8!0x0
+; ease_nro_restriction = u8!0x1
 ; Atmosphere custom settings
 [atmosphere]
 ; Reboot from fatal automatically after some number of milliseconds.
diff --git a/stratosphere/ams_mitm/source/set_mitm/settings_sd_kvs.cpp b/stratosphere/ams_mitm/source/set_mitm/settings_sd_kvs.cpp
index 79f7374a9..597cc02dd 100644
--- a/stratosphere/ams_mitm/source/set_mitm/settings_sd_kvs.cpp
+++ b/stratosphere/ams_mitm/source/set_mitm/settings_sd_kvs.cpp
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ namespace ams::settings::fwdbg {
 
             /* Control whether RO should ease its validation of NROs. */
             /* (note: this is normally not necessary, and ips patches can be used.) */
-            R_ABORT_UNLESS(ParseSettingsItemValue("ro", "ease_nro_restriction", "u8!0x0"));
+            R_ABORT_UNLESS(ParseSettingsItemValue("ro", "ease_nro_restriction", "u8!0x1"));
 
             /* Atmosphere custom settings. */