diff --git a/src/ViewModels/WorkingCopy.cs b/src/ViewModels/WorkingCopy.cs
index c45b79e1..215cdcb8 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/WorkingCopy.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/WorkingCopy.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
         {
             get;
             set;
-        } = false;
+        } = true;
 
         public InProgressContext InProgressContext
         {