diff --git a/krusader/Search/krsearchdialog.cpp b/krusader/Search/krsearchdialog.cpp
--- a/krusader/Search/krsearchdialog.cpp
+++ b/krusader/Search/krsearchdialog.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 int KrSearchDialog::lastSearchType = 0;
 bool KrSearchDialog::lastSearchForCase = false;
 bool KrSearchDialog::lastContainsWholeWord = false;
-bool KrSearchDialog::lastContainsWithCase = true;
+bool KrSearchDialog::lastContainsWithCase = false;
 bool KrSearchDialog::lastSearchInSubDirs = true;
 bool KrSearchDialog::lastSearchInArchives = false;
 bool KrSearchDialog::lastFollowSymLinks = false;