diff --git a/app/ui.js b/app/ui.js
index f27dfe28..2345b031 100644
--- a/app/ui.js
+++ b/app/ui.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ const UI = {
 
         document.documentElement.classList.remove("noVNC_loading");
 
-        let autoconnect = WebUtil.getConfigVar('autoconnect', false);
+        let autoconnect = WebUtil.getConfigVar('autoconnect', true);
         if (autoconnect === 'true' || autoconnect == '1') {
             autoconnect = true;
             UI.connect();
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ const UI = {
         UI.initSetting('port', port);
         UI.initSetting('encrypt', (window.location.protocol === "https:"));
         UI.initSetting('view_clip', false);
-        UI.initSetting('resize', 'off');
+        UI.initSetting('resize', 'remote');
         UI.initSetting('quality', 6);
         UI.initSetting('compression', 2);
         UI.initSetting('shared', true);