diff --git a/Robust.Shared/CVars.cs b/Robust.Shared/CVars.cs
index 3c1d84597..de40da172 100644
--- a/Robust.Shared/CVars.cs
+++ b/Robust.Shared/CVars.cs
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ namespace Robust.Shared
             CVarDef.Create("display.use_US_QWERTY_hotkeys", false, CVar.CLIENTONLY | CVar.ARCHIVE);
 
         public static readonly CVarDef<string> DisplayWindowingApi =
-            CVarDef.Create("display.windowing_api", "glfw", CVar.CLIENTONLY);
+            CVarDef.Create("display.windowing_api", "sdl3", CVar.CLIENTONLY);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// If true and on Windows 11 Build 22000,