diff --git a/React/Modules/RCTDevSettings.mm b/React/Modules/RCTDevSettings.mm
index 2498053b0f39a9..be2348cac8e87c 100644
--- a/React/Modules/RCTDevSettings.mm
+++ b/React/Modules/RCTDevSettings.mm
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ - (instancetype)init
   // default behavior is to use NSUserDefaults
   NSDictionary *defaultValues = @{
     kRCTDevSettingShakeToShowDevMenu: @YES,
+    kRCTDevSettingHotLoadingEnabled: @YES,
   };
   RCTDevSettingsUserDefaultsDataSource *dataSource = [[RCTDevSettingsUserDefaultsDataSource alloc] initWithDefaultValues:defaultValues];
   return [self initWithDataSource:dataSource];
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/DevInternalSettings.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/DevInternalSettings.java
index a653763be6d3c4..59b9837e5734dd 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/DevInternalSettings.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/DevInternalSettings.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public void onSharedPreferenceChanged(SharedPreferences sharedPreferences, Strin
   }
 
   public boolean isHotModuleReplacementEnabled() {
-    return mPreferences.getBoolean(PREFS_HOT_MODULE_REPLACEMENT_KEY, false);
+    return mPreferences.getBoolean(PREFS_HOT_MODULE_REPLACEMENT_KEY, true);
   }
 
   public void setHotModuleReplacementEnabled(boolean enabled) {