diff --git a/src/Models/FilteredLayer.ts b/src/Models/FilteredLayer.ts
index 0463d46d6..a3cb5e413 100644
--- a/src/Models/FilteredLayer.ts
+++ b/src/Models/FilteredLayer.ts
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ export default class FilteredLayer {
         let isDisplayed: UIEventSource<boolean>
         let syncSelection: string = layer.syncSelection
         const userpreference: "default" | "no" | "local" | "theme-only" | "global" | string = osmConnection.getPreference("layer-override-sync-selection").data
-        console.log("Userpreference is", userpreference)
-        syncSelection = userpreference ?? syncSelection
+        if(userpreference !== "default"){
+            syncSelection = userpreference ?? syncSelection
+        }
         if (syncSelection === "local") {
             isDisplayed = LocalStorageSource.getParsed(
                 context + "-layer-" + layer.id + "-enabled",