diff --git a/java/debugger/shared/src/com/intellij/debugger/settings/JavaDebuggerSettingsProvider.kt b/java/debugger/shared/src/com/intellij/debugger/settings/JavaDebuggerSettingsProvider.kt
index 040dc34e3626..4852325cbb95 100644
--- a/java/debugger/shared/src/com/intellij/debugger/settings/JavaDebuggerSettingsProvider.kt
+++ b/java/debugger/shared/src/com/intellij/debugger/settings/JavaDebuggerSettingsProvider.kt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import com.intellij.ide.settings.RemoteSettingInfoProvider
 
 private class JavaDebuggerSettingsProvider : RemoteSettingInfoProvider {
   override fun getRemoteSettingsInfo() =
-    mapOf("DebuggerSettings" to RemoteSettingInfo(RemoteSettingInfo.Direction.InitialFromBackend))
+    mapOf("DebuggerSettings" to RemoteSettingInfo(RemoteSettingInfo.Direction.InitialFromFrontend))
 
   /**
    * DebuggerSettings are located in different plugins in monolith and frontend, so we have to map them.