diff --git a/data/darktableconfig.xml.in b/data/darktableconfig.xml.in
index e402f9a3cc6..773ed047e12 100644
--- a/data/darktableconfig.xml.in
+++ b/data/darktableconfig.xml.in
@@ -4123,7 +4123,7 @@
     <shortdescription>detect monochrome previews</shortdescription>
     <longdescription>many monochrome images can be identified via EXIF and preview data. beware: this slows down imports and reading of EXIF data</longdescription>
  </dtconfig>
- <dtconfig prefs="processing" section="general">
+ <dtconfig prefs="darkroom" section="modules">
     <name>plugins/darkroom/show_warnings</name>
     <type>bool</type>
     <default>true</default>