diff --git a/src/configuration.cpp b/src/configuration.cpp
index 8955a289004..cbd7e3d9dc0 100644
--- a/src/configuration.cpp
+++ b/src/configuration.cpp
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ bool loadConfig()
 	NETsetDefaultMPHostFreeChatPreference(iniGetBool("hostingChatDefault", NETgetDefaultMPHostFreeChatPreference()).value());
 	setPublicIPv4LookupService(iniGetString("publicIPv4LookupService_Url", WZ_DEFAULT_PUBLIC_IPv4_LOOKUP_SERVICE_URL).value(), iniGetString("publicIPv4LookupService_JSONKey", WZ_DEFAULT_PUBLIC_IPv4_LOOKUP_SERVICE_JSONKEY).value());
 	setPublicIPv6LookupService(iniGetString("publicIPv6LookupService_Url", WZ_DEFAULT_PUBLIC_IPv6_LOOKUP_SERVICE_URL).value(), iniGetString("publicIPv6LookupService_JSONKey", WZ_DEFAULT_PUBLIC_IPv6_LOOKUP_SERVICE_JSONKEY).value());
-	war_SetFMVmode((FMV_MODE)iniGetInteger("FMVmode", FMV_FULLSCREEN).value());
+	war_SetFMVmode((FMV_MODE)iniGetInteger("FMVmode", war_GetFMVmode()).value());
 	war_setScanlineMode((SCANLINE_MODE)iniGetInteger("scanlines", SCANLINES_OFF).value());
 	seq_SetSubtitles(iniGetBool("subtitles", true).value());
 	setDifficultyLevel((DIFFICULTY_LEVEL)iniGetInteger("difficulty", DL_NORMAL).value());
diff --git a/src/warzoneconfig.cpp b/src/warzoneconfig.cpp
index b1fe8074c1a..779cae71373 100644
--- a/src/warzoneconfig.cpp
+++ b/src/warzoneconfig.cpp
@@ -40,9 +40,15 @@ constexpr int MAX_OLD_LOGS = 50;
 
 /***************************************************************************/
 
+#if !defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)
+#define WZ_DEFAULT_FMV_MODE FMV_FULLSCREEN
+#else
+#define WZ_DEFAULT_FMV_MODE FMV_2X
+#endif
+
 struct WARZONE_GLOBALS
 {
-	FMV_MODE FMVmode = FMV_FULLSCREEN;
+	FMV_MODE FMVmode = WZ_DEFAULT_FMV_MODE;
 	UDWORD width = 1024;
 	UDWORD height = 768;
 	UDWORD videoBufferDepth = 32;