diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/RecentProjectListActionProvider.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/RecentProjectListActionProvider.kt
index 4850e6a19075..e316c919c2b0 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/RecentProjectListActionProvider.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/RecentProjectListActionProvider.kt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ open class RecentProjectListActionProvider {
 
     if (displayName.isNullOrBlank()) {
       displayName = if (duplicates.contains(getProjectNameOnlyByPath(path))) {
-        if (Registry.`is`("ide.welcome.screen.branch.name", false)) {
+        if (Registry.`is`("ide.welcome.screen.branch.name", true)) {
           branch = recentProjectManager.getCurrentBranchName(path)
         }
         FileUtil.toSystemDependentName(path)
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
index ea301e100ab9..8b1382afc9ff 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@
     </experimentalFeature>
     <registryKey key="ide.welcome.screen.branch.name"
                  restartRequired="true"
-                 description="New inspection widget with pencils functionality"
-                 defaultValue="false"/>
+                 description="Show current branch names for recent projects"
+                 defaultValue="true"/>
     <applicationService serviceInterface="com.intellij.execution.wsl.WslDistributionManager"
                         serviceImplementation="com.intellij.execution.wsl.WslDistributionManagerImpl"/>
     <applicationService serviceInterface="com.intellij.execution.wsl.WslIjentManager"