diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp
index dd729a33b60eadcc1e607721bfdbf84207a7a36b..be1106c7c8570a6a5fec1d144c990827e236e05b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ QmlProjectRunConfiguration::QmlProjectRunConfiguration(Internal::QmlProjectTarge
     m_debugServerAddress("127.0.0.1"),
     m_debugServerPort(Constants::QML_DEFAULT_DEBUG_SERVER_PORT),
     m_projectTarget(parent),
-    m_usingCurrentFile(false),
+    m_usingCurrentFile(true),
     m_isEnabled(false)
 {
     ctor();