diff --git a/sample-config/default-config.toml b/sample-config/default-config.toml
index ef053de..7a229fa 100644
--- a/sample-config/default-config.toml
+++ b/sample-config/default-config.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ exclude = [] # list of regexes for excluded app ids (name of the .desktop file)
 # use "" to disable launching commands
 command_prefix = ":"
 
-frequent_first = true # sort matches of equal quality by most frequently used
+frequent_first = false # sort matches of equal quality by most frequently used
 recent_first = true # sort matches of equal quality by most recently used
 # when both frequent_first and recent_first are set,
 # sorting is by frequency first, and recency is used to break ties in frequency
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 7ad184e..37570e3 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ make_config!(Config {
     markup_highlight: Vec<Attribute> = (parse_attributes("foreground=\"red\" underline=\"double\"").unwrap()) "markup_highlight" [deserialize_with = "deserialize_markup"],
     markup_extra: Vec<Attribute> = (parse_attributes("font_style=\"italic\" font_size=\"smaller\"").unwrap()) "markup_extra" [deserialize_with = "deserialize_markup"],
     exclusive: bool = (true) "exclusive",
-    frequent_first: bool = (true) "frequent_first",
+    frequent_first: bool = (false) "frequent_first",
     recent_first: bool = (true) "recent_first",
     icon_size: i32 = (64) "icon_size",
     lines: i32 = (2) "lines",