diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index de8713178d213abce9ac268e02a9e5d282888f04..1eaa9707d1a9839020f166f9382272aaa6ec2a61 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Note that since we don't clearly distinguish between a public and private interf
 - Improve pdb parsing: handle non unique atom and chain names (fixes #156)
 - Fix volume streaming for entries with multiple contour lists
 - Add ``allowTransparentBackfaces`` parameter to support double-sided rendering of transparent geometries
+- Fix ``disable-wboit`` Viewer GET param
 
 ## [v3.5.0] - 2022-03-25
 
diff --git a/src/apps/viewer/index.html b/src/apps/viewer/index.html
index 9299dcca61a4224c28c3bd180b163b1ba3128acc..19dc4a54eed4799ffeb7dbe526fc51227dbe23e5 100644
--- a/src/apps/viewer/index.html
+++ b/src/apps/viewer/index.html
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
                 pixelScale: parseFloat(pixelScale) || 1,
                 pickScale: parseFloat(pickScale) || 0.25,
                 pickPadding: isNaN(parseFloat(pickPadding)) ? 1 : parseFloat(pickPadding),
-                enableWboit: disableWboit ? true : void 0, // use default value if disable-wboit is not set
+                enableWboit: disableWboit ? false : void 0, // use default value if disable-wboit is not set
                 preferWebgl1: preferWebgl1,
             }).then(viewer => {
                 var snapshotId = getParam('snapshot-id', '[^&]+').trim();