diff --git a/mealie/db/models/group/preferences.py b/mealie/db/models/group/preferences.py
index afe3af09a..8fd4eb885 100644
--- a/mealie/db/models/group/preferences.py
+++ b/mealie/db/models/group/preferences.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class GroupPreferencesModel(SqlAlchemyBase, BaseMixins):
     recipe_show_assets: bool = sa.Column(sa.Boolean, default=False)
     recipe_landscape_view: bool = sa.Column(sa.Boolean, default=False)
     recipe_disable_comments: bool = sa.Column(sa.Boolean, default=False)
-    recipe_disable_amount: bool = sa.Column(sa.Boolean, default=False)
+    recipe_disable_amount: bool = sa.Column(sa.Boolean, default=True)
 
     @auto_init()
     def __init__(self, **_) -> None:
diff --git a/mealie/db/models/recipe/settings.py b/mealie/db/models/recipe/settings.py
index 7faf685de..5194bb009 100644
--- a/mealie/db/models/recipe/settings.py
+++ b/mealie/db/models/recipe/settings.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class RecipeSettings(SqlAlchemyBase):
     show_nutrition = sa.Column(sa.Boolean)
     show_assets = sa.Column(sa.Boolean)
     landscape_view = sa.Column(sa.Boolean)
-    disable_amount = sa.Column(sa.Boolean, default=False)
+    disable_amount = sa.Column(sa.Boolean, default=True)
     disable_comments = sa.Column(sa.Boolean, default=False)
     locked = sa.Column(sa.Boolean, default=False)
 
diff --git a/mealie/schema/group/group_preferences.py b/mealie/schema/group/group_preferences.py
index 4e59477c6..492f9fa96 100644
--- a/mealie/schema/group/group_preferences.py
+++ b/mealie/schema/group/group_preferences.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class UpdateGroupPreferences(MealieModel):
     recipe_show_assets: bool = False
     recipe_landscape_view: bool = False
     recipe_disable_comments: bool = False
-    recipe_disable_amount: bool = False
+    recipe_disable_amount: bool = True
 
 
 class CreateGroupPreferences(UpdateGroupPreferences):