diff --git a/src/btop_config.cpp b/src/btop_config.cpp
index 137b168..3b3af2f 100644
--- a/src/btop_config.cpp
+++ b/src/btop_config.cpp
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ namespace Config {
 		{"base_10_sizes", false},
 		{"io_graph_combined", false},
 		{"net_auto", true},
-		{"net_sync", false},
+		{"net_sync", true},
 		{"show_battery", true},
 		{"vim_keys", false},
 		{"tty_mode", false},
diff --git a/src/linux/btop_collect.cpp b/src/linux/btop_collect.cpp
index 95028eb..bb3b764 100644
--- a/src/linux/btop_collect.cpp
+++ b/src/linux/btop_collect.cpp
@@ -1153,6 +1153,7 @@ namespace Net {
 
 					//? Set counters for auto scaling
 					if (net_auto and selected_iface == iface) {
+						if (net_sync and saved_stat.speed < net.at(iface).stat.at(dir == "download" ? "upload" : "download").speed) continue;
 						if (saved_stat.speed > graph_max[dir]) {
 							++max_count[dir][0];
 							if (max_count[dir][1] > 0) --max_count[dir][1];