diff --git a/src/js/stendhal.html b/src/js/stendhal.html
index d69fba5809d..176bdcdb3b0 100644
--- a/src/js/stendhal.html
+++ b/src/js/stendhal.html
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ <h3></h3>
 
 		<div class="horizontalgroup pad-contents" id="settings-general">
 		<div id="settings_panel1" class="verticalgroup vgroupcol">
-			<label class="checksetting"><input type="checkbox" id="chk_light" class="experimental">Light effects</label>
+			<label class="checksetting"><input type="checkbox" id="chk_light">Light effects</label>
 			<label class="checksetting"><input type="checkbox" id="chk_weather">Weather</label>
 			<label class="checksetting"><input type="checkbox" id="chk_blood">Blood</label>
 			<label class="checksetting"><input type="checkbox" id="chk_nonude">Cover naked entities</label>
diff --git a/src/js/stendhal/util/ConfigManager.ts b/src/js/stendhal/util/ConfigManager.ts
index e5014701010..27a31aae328 100644
--- a/src/js/stendhal/util/ConfigManager.ts
+++ b/src/js/stendhal/util/ConfigManager.ts
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ export class ConfigManager {
 		"chat-opts.custom": "",
 		"click-indicator": "false",
 		"effect.blood": "true",
-		// TODO: change default to "true" when ready
-		"effect.lighting": "false",
+		"effect.lighting": "true",
 		"effect.weather": "true",
 		"effect.no-nude": "true",
 		"effect.shadows": "true",