diff --git a/src/qt_gui/gui_settings.h b/src/qt_gui/gui_settings.h
index c42c9d22a..b8c05bcc0 100644
--- a/src/qt_gui/gui_settings.h
+++ b/src/qt_gui/gui_settings.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const QString game_list = "game_list";
 const QString game_grid = "game_grid";
 
 // general
-const gui_value gen_checkForUpdates = gui_value(general, "showLabelsUnderIcons", false);
+const gui_value gen_checkForUpdates = gui_value(general, "checkForUpdates", false);
 
 // main window settings
 const gui_value mw_geometry = gui_value(main_window, "geometry", QByteArray());