diff --git a/interface/src/Menu.cpp b/interface/src/Menu.cpp
index 61213e7334..eff32b4eb0 100644
--- a/interface/src/Menu.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Menu.cpp
@@ -368,8 +368,12 @@ Menu::Menu() {
     {
         QActionGroup* faceTrackerGroup = new QActionGroup(avatarDebugMenu);
 
+        bool defaultNoFaceTracking = true;
+#ifdef HAVE_DDE
+        defaultNoFaceTracking = false;
+#endif
         QAction* noFaceTracker = addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(faceTrackingMenu, MenuOption::NoFaceTracking,
-            0, true,
+            0, defaultNoFaceTracking,
             qApp, SLOT(setActiveFaceTracker()));
         faceTrackerGroup->addAction(noFaceTracker);
 
@@ -381,7 +385,7 @@ Menu::Menu() {
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_DDE
         QAction* ddeFaceTracker = addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(faceTrackingMenu, MenuOption::UseCamera, 
-            0, false,
+            0, true,
             qApp, SLOT(setActiveFaceTracker()));
         faceTrackerGroup->addAction(ddeFaceTracker);
 #endif
@@ -389,17 +393,17 @@ Menu::Menu() {
 #ifdef HAVE_DDE
     faceTrackingMenu->addSeparator();
     QAction* useAudioForMouth = addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(faceTrackingMenu, MenuOption::UseAudioForMouth, 0, true);
-    useAudioForMouth->setVisible(false);
+    useAudioForMouth->setVisible(true);  // DDE face tracking is on by default
     QAction* ddeFiltering = addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(faceTrackingMenu, MenuOption::VelocityFilter, 0, true);
-    ddeFiltering->setVisible(false);
+    ddeFiltering->setVisible(true);  // DDE face tracking is on by default
     QAction* ddeCalibrate = addActionToQMenuAndActionHash(faceTrackingMenu, MenuOption::CalibrateCamera, 0,
         DependencyManager::get<DdeFaceTracker>().data(), SLOT(calibrate()));
-    ddeCalibrate->setVisible(false);
+    ddeCalibrate->setVisible(true);  // DDE face tracking is on by default
 #endif
 #if defined(HAVE_FACESHIFT) || defined(HAVE_DDE)
     faceTrackingMenu->addSeparator();
     addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(faceTrackingMenu, MenuOption::MuteFaceTracking, 
-        Qt::CTRL | Qt::SHIFT | Qt::Key_F, false,
+        Qt::CTRL | Qt::SHIFT | Qt::Key_F, true,  // DDE face tracking is on by default
         qApp, SLOT(toggleFaceTrackerMute()));
 #endif