diff --git a/src/gui/osd_setup.cpp b/src/gui/osd_setup.cpp
index 560185736..9d8e22330 100644
--- a/src/gui/osd_setup.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/osd_setup.cpp
@@ -1836,11 +1836,13 @@ void COsdSetup::showOsdScreensaverSetup(CMenuWidget *menu_screensaver)
 	menu_screensaver->addItem(oc);
 	screensaverOptActivate.Add(oc);
 
+#if 0
 	// screensaver text mode
 	oc = new CMenuOptionChooser(LOCALE_SCREENSAVER_ENABLE_TEXT_INFO, &g_settings.screensaver_mode_text, OPTIONS_OFF0_ON1_OPTIONS, OPTIONS_OFF0_ON1_OPTION_COUNT, (g_settings.screensaver_delay != 0), this);
 	oc->setHint("", LOCALE_MENU_HINT_SCREENSAVER_ENABLE_TEXT_INFO);
 	menu_screensaver->addItem(oc);
 	screensaverActivate.Add(oc);
+#endif
 }
 
 void COsdSetup::paintWindowSize(int w, int h)
diff --git a/src/neutrino.cpp b/src/neutrino.cpp
index 67a630c91..d1f506515 100644
--- a/src/neutrino.cpp
+++ b/src/neutrino.cpp
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ int CNeutrinoApp::loadSetup(const char * fname)
 	g_settings.screensaver_timeout = configfile.getInt32("screensaver_timeout", 10);
 	g_settings.screensaver_random = configfile.getInt32("screensaver_random", 0);
 	g_settings.screensaver_mode = configfile.getInt32("screensaver_mode", CScreenSaver::SCR_MODE_CLOCK); //NI
-	g_settings.screensaver_mode_text = configfile.getInt32("screensaver_mode_text", CScreenSaver::SCR_MODE_TEXT_ON);
+	g_settings.screensaver_mode_text = configfile.getInt32("screensaver_mode_text", CScreenSaver::SCR_MODE_TEXT_OFF);
 
 	//vcr
 	g_settings.vcr_AutoSwitch = configfile.getBool("vcr_AutoSwitch"       , true );