diff --git a/widgets/glWidget/QtBaseViewer.cc b/widgets/glWidget/QtBaseViewer.cc
index a083c249d08104b26b1941bb837ce4343ada1ff6..3ddb89c2283f2a192bc0e8bf2c5a3a3edeb741ba 100644
--- a/widgets/glWidget/QtBaseViewer.cc
+++ b/widgets/glWidget/QtBaseViewer.cc
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ glViewer::glViewer( QGraphicsScene* _scene,
 
   sceneGraphRoot_   = 0;
 
-  normalsMode_      = DONT_TOUCH_NORMALS;
+  normalsMode_      = NORMALIZE_NORMALS;
   projectionMode_   = PERSPECTIVE_PROJECTION;
   navigationMode_   = NORMAL_NAVIGATION;