diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index e21031a26d..aa43f54fbd 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ config_property_definition _generalDefinitions[] = {
 	{ offsetof(general_configuration, game_path),						"game_path",					CONFIG_VALUE_TYPE_STRING,		{ .value_string = NULL },		NULL					},
 	{ offsetof(general_configuration, landscape_smoothing),				"landscape_smoothing",			CONFIG_VALUE_TYPE_BOOLEAN,		true,							NULL					},
 	{ offsetof(general_configuration, language),						"language",						CONFIG_VALUE_TYPE_UINT16,		LANGUAGE_ENGLISH_UK,			_languageEnum			},
-	{ offsetof(general_configuration, measurement_format),				"measurement_format",			CONFIG_VALUE_TYPE_UINT8,		MEASUREMENT_FORMAT_IMPERIAL,	_measurementFormatEnum	},
+	{ offsetof(general_configuration, measurement_format),				"measurement_format",			CONFIG_VALUE_TYPE_UINT8,		MEASUREMENT_FORMAT_METRIC,	_measurementFormatEnum	},
 	{ offsetof(general_configuration, play_intro),						"play_intro",					CONFIG_VALUE_TYPE_BOOLEAN,		false,							NULL					},
 	{ offsetof(general_configuration, save_plugin_data),				"save_plugin_data",				CONFIG_VALUE_TYPE_BOOLEAN,		false,							NULL					},
 	{ offsetof(general_configuration, debugging_tools),					"debugging_tools",				CONFIG_VALUE_TYPE_BOOLEAN,		false,							NULL					},
diff --git a/src/platform/windows.c b/src/platform/windows.c
index 17f96bb738..31ed68a399 100644
--- a/src/platform/windows.c
+++ b/src/platform/windows.c
@@ -783,15 +783,15 @@ uint8 platform_get_locale_measurement_format()
 		(LPSTR)&measurement_system,
 		sizeof(measurement_system)) == 0
 	) {
-		return MEASUREMENT_FORMAT_IMPERIAL;
+		return MEASUREMENT_FORMAT_METRIC;
 	}
 
 	switch (measurement_system) {
-	case 0:
-		return MEASUREMENT_FORMAT_METRIC;
 	case 1:
-	default:
 		return MEASUREMENT_FORMAT_IMPERIAL;
+	case 0:
+	default:
+		return MEASUREMENT_FORMAT_METRIC;
 	}
 }