diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/config.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/config.test.ts
index 5e02767fea98..4fe5d9c76573 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/config.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/config.test.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ describe('config schema', () => {
             "index": "metricbeat-*",
           },
           "min_interval_seconds": 10,
-          "render_react_app": false,
+          "render_react_app": true,
           "show_license_expiration": true,
         },
       }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/config.ts b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/config.ts
index 5c2bdc1424f9..ddbfd480a9f4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/config.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/config.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export const configSchema = schema.object({
     }),
     min_interval_seconds: schema.number({ defaultValue: 10 }),
     show_license_expiration: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: true }),
-    render_react_app: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: false }),
+    render_react_app: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: true }),
   }),
   kibana: schema.object({
     collection: schema.object({