diff --git a/include/types.h b/include/types.h
index 652378596..2e9b1face 100644
--- a/include/types.h
+++ b/include/types.h
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ typedef enum user_options_defaults
   BRAIN_SESSION            = 0,
   #endif
   DEBUG_MODE               = 0,
-  DEPRECATED_CHECK_DISABLE = false,
+  DEPRECATED_CHECK         = true,
   FORCE                    = false,
   HWMON_DISABLE            = false,
   #if defined (__APPLE__)
@@ -2331,7 +2331,7 @@ typedef struct user_options
   bool         brain_server;
   #endif
   bool         force;
-  bool         deprecated_check_disable;
+  bool         deprecated_check;
   bool         hwmon_disable;
   bool         hash_info;
   bool         hex_charset;
diff --git a/src/hashcat.c b/src/hashcat.c
index 77db34285..fb99c97f4 100644
--- a/src/hashcat.c
+++ b/src/hashcat.c
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ static int outer_loop (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
 
   if (module_ctx->module_deprecated_notice != MODULE_DEFAULT)
   {
-    if (user_options->deprecated_check_disable == false)
+    if (user_options->deprecated_check == true)
     {
       if ((user_options->show == true) || (user_options->left == true))
       {
diff --git a/src/user_options.c b/src/user_options.c
index e11a792ae..7605d4789 100644
--- a/src/user_options.c
+++ b/src/user_options.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ int user_options_init (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
   user_options->custom_charset_4          = NULL;
   user_options->debug_file                = NULL;
   user_options->debug_mode                = DEBUG_MODE;
-  user_options->deprecated_check_disable  = DEPRECATED_CHECK_DISABLE;
+  user_options->deprecated_check          = DEPRECATED_CHECK;
   user_options->encoding_from             = ENCODING_FROM;
   user_options->encoding_to               = ENCODING_TO;
   user_options->force                     = FORCE;
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ int user_options_getopt (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx, int argc, char **argv)
       case IDX_RESTORE:                   user_options->restore                   = true;                            break;
       case IDX_QUIET:                     user_options->quiet                     = true;                            break;
       case IDX_SHOW:                      user_options->show                      = true;                            break;
-      case IDX_DEPRECATED_CHECK_DISABLE:  user_options->deprecated_check_disable  = true;                            break;
+      case IDX_DEPRECATED_CHECK_DISABLE:  user_options->deprecated_check          = false;                           break;
       case IDX_LEFT:                      user_options->left                      = true;                            break;
       case IDX_ADVICE_DISABLE:            user_options->advice                    = false;                           break;
       case IDX_USERNAME:                  user_options->username                  = true;                            break;