diff --git a/files/settings-default.cfg b/files/settings-default.cfg
index 6a2495e26..e4a8387b4 100644
--- a/files/settings-default.cfg
+++ b/files/settings-default.cfg
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 [Camera]
 
 # Near clipping plane (>0.0, e.g. 0.01 to 18.0).
-near clip = 5.0
+near clip = 1
 
 # Cull objects smaller than one pixel.
 small feature culling = true