diff --git a/view/templates/photos_upload.tpl b/view/templates/photos_upload.tpl
index 4431dd2805..aeb6e5957b 100644
--- a/view/templates/photos_upload.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/photos_upload.tpl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<div id="photos-upload-exist-end"></div>
 
 	<div id="photos-upload-noshare-div" class="photos-upload-noshare-div" >
-		<input id="photos-upload-noshare" type="checkbox" name="not_visible" value="1" />
+		<input id="photos-upload-noshare" type="checkbox" name="not_visible" value="1" checked/>
 		<label id="photos-upload-noshare-text" for="photos-upload-noshare" >{{$nosharetext}}</label>
 	</div>