diff --git a/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu b/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu
index 355bc586d2..a27b9f5812 100644
--- a/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-utils/src/sample_config/default_config.nu
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ $env.config = {
     }
 
     filesize: {
-        metric: true # true => KB, MB, GB (ISO standard), false => KiB, MiB, GiB (Windows standard)
+        metric: false # true => KB, MB, GB (ISO standard), false => KiB, MiB, GiB (Windows standard)
         format: "auto" # b, kb, kib, mb, mib, gb, gib, tb, tib, pb, pib, eb, eib, auto
     }