diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a282be006d1d399bbd3592666254f0e36c130ad..5bf08469f5807e5b28af6fdcdde9fa2879aace4c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Note that since we don't clearly distinguish between a public and private interf
 
 - Enable temporal multi-sampling by default
     - Fix flickering during marking with camera at rest
+- Enable ``aromaticBonds`` in structure representations by default
 
 ## [v3.0.0-dev.5] - 2021-12-16
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ Note that since we don't clearly distinguish between a public and private interf
 
 - Add multiple lights support (with color, intensity, and direction parameters)
 - [Breaking] Add per-object material rendering properties
-  - ``SimpleSettingsParams.lighting.renderStyle`` and ``RendererParams.style`` were removed
+    - ``SimpleSettingsParams.lighting.renderStyle`` and ``RendererParams.style`` were removed
 - Add substance theme with per-group material rendering properties
 - ``StructureComponentManager.Options`` state saving support
 - ``ParamDefinition.Group.presets`` support
diff --git a/src/mol-repr/structure/visual/util/bond.ts b/src/mol-repr/structure/visual/util/bond.ts
index d2fb94a7769d27880135d6008e0c46c724ae1ef4..6a2bd9c0d7425a617426cf004443147d947f7b6e 100644
--- a/src/mol-repr/structure/visual/util/bond.ts
+++ b/src/mol-repr/structure/visual/util/bond.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const BondParams = {
     includeTypes: PD.MultiSelect(ObjectKeys(BondType.Names), PD.objectToOptions(BondType.Names)),
     excludeTypes: PD.MultiSelect([] as BondType.Names[], PD.objectToOptions(BondType.Names)),
     ignoreHydrogens: PD.Boolean(false),
-    aromaticBonds: PD.Boolean(false, { description: 'Display aromatic bonds with dashes' }),
+    aromaticBonds: PD.Boolean(true, { description: 'Display aromatic bonds with dashes' }),
     multipleBonds: PD.Select('symmetric', PD.arrayToOptions(['off', 'symmetric', 'offset'] as const)),
 };
 export const DefaultBondProps = PD.getDefaultValues(BondParams);