diff --git a/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties b/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
index 7131ca426372..fe000cf988fb 100644
--- a/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
+++ b/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ debugger.renderers.file=true
 debugger.renderers.file.description=Enable file object renderer
 debugger.single.smart.step.force=true
 debugger.single.smart.step.force.description=Do force step into on single variant smart step into
-debugger.emulate.method.breakpoints=false
+debugger.emulate.method.breakpoints=true
 debugger.emulate.method.breakpoints.description=Emulate method breakpoints with line breakpoints by default
 debugger.intern.string.literals=false
 debugger.intern.string.literals.description=Make string literal refer to the same instance of class String