diff --git a/admin/settings/appearance.php b/admin/settings/appearance.php
index 95ab24626c1..5a20af8e8e3 100644
--- a/admin/settings/appearance.php
+++ b/admin/settings/appearance.php
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ preferences,moodle|/user/preferences.php|preferences',
     $temp->add(new admin_setting_configselect('navsortmycoursessort', new lang_string('navsortmycoursessort', 'admin'), new lang_string('navsortmycoursessort_help', 'admin'), 'sortorder', $sortoptions));
     $temp->add(new admin_setting_configtext('navcourselimit',new lang_string('navcourselimit','admin'),new lang_string('confignavcourselimit', 'admin'),20,PARAM_INT));
     $temp->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('usesitenameforsitepages', new lang_string('usesitenameforsitepages', 'admin'), new lang_string('configusesitenameforsitepages', 'admin'), 0));
-    $temp->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('linkadmincategories', new lang_string('linkadmincategories', 'admin'), new lang_string('linkadmincategories_help', 'admin'), 0));
+    $temp->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('linkadmincategories', new lang_string('linkadmincategories', 'admin'), new lang_string('linkadmincategories_help', 'admin'), 1));
     $temp->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('linkcoursesections', new lang_string('linkcoursesections', 'admin'), new lang_string('linkcoursesections_help', 'admin'), 0));
     $temp->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('navshowfrontpagemods', new lang_string('navshowfrontpagemods', 'admin'), new lang_string('navshowfrontpagemods_help', 'admin'), 1));
     $temp->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('navadduserpostslinks', new lang_string('navadduserpostslinks', 'admin'), new lang_string('navadduserpostslinks_help', 'admin'), 1));