diff --git a/assets/voxygen/element/help.png b/assets/voxygen/element/help.png
index c399bd2d1a..558430c026 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/element/help.png
+++ b/assets/voxygen/element/help.png
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:4c71ba3a6458d00f3c6fb2820f1a83c6138a4776fdfd7167c2766b40b7bbb377
-size 14939
+oid sha256:561db05ac9702129859c6b266dd63df7e0ab5c832c6ce587afc65bc203592cd6
+size 14794
diff --git a/voxygen/src/settings.rs b/voxygen/src/settings.rs
index 85c4f8fba0..c7d4dc8ae3 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/settings.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/settings.rs
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ impl Default for GameplaySettings {
             chat_transp: 0.4,
             crosshair_type: CrosshairType::Round,
             intro_show: Intro::Show,
-            xp_bar: XpBar::OnGain,
+            xp_bar: XpBar::Always,
             shortcut_numbers: ShortcutNumbers::On,
             bar_numbers: BarNumbers::Off,
             ui_scale: ScaleMode::RelativeToWindow([1920.0, 1080.0].into()),