diff --git a/src/app/app_settings.c b/src/app/app_settings.c
index e43e8b305..88cc9d30d 100644
--- a/src/app/app_settings.c
+++ b/src/app/app_settings.c
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ void settings_initialize(app_settings_t *config, char *conf_dir) {
     config->absmouse = true;
     config->virtual_mouse = false;
     config->hdr = false;
-    config->av1 = true;
     config->hevc = true;
+    config->av1 = false;
 
     config->conf_dir = conf_dir;
     config->ini_path = path_join(conf_dir, CONF_NAME_MOONLIGHT);
diff --git a/src/app/ui/settings/panes/video.pane.c b/src/app/ui/settings/panes/video.pane.c
index bd463b21f..40d481be2 100644
--- a/src/app/ui/settings/panes/video.pane.c
+++ b/src/app/ui/settings/panes/video.pane.c
@@ -86,18 +86,7 @@ static lv_obj_t *create_obj(lv_fragment_t *self, lv_obj_t *container) {
 
     pref_header(view, "Video Settings");
 
-    lv_obj_t *av1_checkbox = pref_checkbox(view, locstr("Use AV1 if possible"), &app_configuration->av1, false);
-    lv_obj_t *av1_hint = pref_desc_label(view, NULL, false);
-    if (app->ss4s.video_cap.codecs & SS4S_VIDEO_AV1) {
-        lv_obj_clear_state(av1_checkbox, LV_STATE_DISABLED);
-        lv_label_set_text(av1_hint, locstr("AV1 usually has better graphics, and supports HDR."));
-    } else {
-        lv_obj_add_state(av1_checkbox, LV_STATE_DISABLED);
-        lv_label_set_text_fmt(av1_hint, locstr("%s decoder doesn't support AV1 codec."),
-                              SS4S_ModuleInfoGetName(app->ss4s.selection.video_module));
-    }
-
-    lv_obj_t *hevc_checkbox = pref_checkbox(view, locstr("Use H265 if possible"), &app_configuration->hevc, false);
+    lv_obj_t *hevc_checkbox = pref_checkbox(view, locstr("Use H265 when possible"), &app_configuration->hevc, false);
     lv_obj_t *hevc_hint = pref_desc_label(view, NULL, false);
     if (app->ss4s.video_cap.codecs & SS4S_VIDEO_H265) {
         lv_obj_clear_state(hevc_checkbox, LV_STATE_DISABLED);
@@ -108,6 +97,19 @@ static lv_obj_t *create_obj(lv_fragment_t *self, lv_obj_t *container) {
                               SS4S_ModuleInfoGetName(app->ss4s.selection.video_module));
     }
 
+    lv_obj_t *av1_checkbox = pref_checkbox(view, locstr("Use AV1 when possible (Experimental)"),
+                                           &app_configuration->av1, false);
+    lv_obj_t *av1_hint = pref_desc_label(view, NULL, false);
+    if (app->ss4s.video_cap.codecs & SS4S_VIDEO_AV1) {
+        lv_obj_clear_state(av1_checkbox, LV_STATE_DISABLED);
+        lv_label_set_text(av1_hint, locstr("AV1 usually has better graphics, and supports HDR. "
+                                           "However, it might be much slower than H265 or H264."));
+    } else {
+        lv_obj_add_state(av1_checkbox, LV_STATE_DISABLED);
+        lv_label_set_text_fmt(av1_hint, locstr("%s decoder doesn't support AV1 codec."),
+                              SS4S_ModuleInfoGetName(app->ss4s.selection.video_module));
+    }
+
     lv_obj_t *hdr_checkbox = pref_checkbox(view, locstr("HDR"), &app_configuration->hdr, false);
     lv_obj_t *hdr_hint = pref_desc_label(view, NULL, false);
     controller->hdr_checkbox = hdr_checkbox;