diff --git a/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/resources/intellij.devkit.core.xml b/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/resources/intellij.devkit.core.xml
index c8164008ca41..3d70e67300c3 100644
--- a/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/resources/intellij.devkit.core.xml
+++ b/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/resources/intellij.devkit.core.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     <moduleType id="PLUGIN_MODULE" implementationClass="org.jetbrains.idea.devkit.module.PluginModuleType" classpathProvider="true"/>
     <registryKey key="devkit.web.based.plugin.generator.enabled"
                  description="Enables the new IDE Plugin module builder based on web backend"
-                 defaultValue="false"/>
+                 defaultValue="true"/>
     <moduleBuilder builderClass="org.jetbrains.idea.devkit.module.IdePluginModuleBuilder"/>
     <moduleBuilder builderClass="org.jetbrains.idea.devkit.module.webstarter.IdePluginModuleWebBasedBuilder"/>
     <sdkType implementation="org.jetbrains.idea.devkit.projectRoots.IdeaJdk"/>