diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/views/layout_view.ex b/lib/philomena_web/views/layout_view.ex
index 17e5b560..0e91f332 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/views/layout_view.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/views/layout_view.ex
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.LayoutView do
     conn.assigns[:layout_class] || "layout--narrow"
   end
 
-  def container_class(%{use_centered_layout: true}), do: "layout--center-aligned"
-  def container_class(_user), do: nil
+  def container_class(%{use_centered_layout: false}), do: nil
+  def container_class(_user), do: "layout--center-aligned"
 
   def render_time(conn) do
     (Time.diff(Time.utc_now(), conn.assigns[:start_time], :microsecond) / 1000.0)
diff --git a/priv/repo/migrations/20200905214139_default_centered.exs b/priv/repo/migrations/20200905214139_default_centered.exs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..035712aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/repo/migrations/20200905214139_default_centered.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+defmodule Philomena.Repo.Migrations.DefaultCentered do
+  use Ecto.Migration
+
+  def change do
+    alter table(:users) do
+      modify :use_centered_layout, :boolean, from: :boolean, default: true
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/priv/repo/structure.sql b/priv/repo/structure.sql
index c18baf56..12411de1 100644
--- a/priv/repo/structure.sql
+++ b/priv/repo/structure.sql
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 --
 
 -- Dumped from database version 12.3 (Debian 12.3-1.pgdg100+1)
--- Dumped by pg_dump version 12.3 (Debian 12.3-1.pgdg90+1)
+-- Dumped by pg_dump version 12.4 (Debian 12.4-1.pgdg90+1)
 
 SET statement_timeout = 0;
 SET lock_timeout = 0;
@@ -1959,7 +1959,7 @@ CREATE TABLE public.users (
     images_favourited_count integer DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
     last_donation_at timestamp without time zone,
     scratchpad text,
-    use_centered_layout boolean DEFAULT false NOT NULL,
+    use_centered_layout boolean DEFAULT true NOT NULL,
     secondary_role character varying,
     hide_default_role boolean DEFAULT false NOT NULL,
     personal_title character varying,
@@ -4796,3 +4796,4 @@ INSERT INTO public."schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20200617113333);
 INSERT INTO public."schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20200706171350);
 INSERT INTO public."schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20200725234412);
 INSERT INTO public."schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20200817213256);
+INSERT INTO public."schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20200905214139);