diff --git a/src/bin/config.c b/src/bin/config.c
index d0636821..949a09bc 100644
--- a/src/bin/config.c
+++ b/src/bin/config.c
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ config_load(const char *key)
              config->translucent = EINA_FALSE;
              config->jump_on_change = EINA_TRUE;
              config->jump_on_keypress = EINA_TRUE;
-             config->flicker_on_key = EINA_TRUE;
+             config->flicker_on_key = EINA_FALSE;
              config->disable_cursor_blink = EINA_FALSE;
              config->disable_visual_bell = EINA_FALSE;
              s = eina_unicode_unicode_to_utf8(sep, &slen);