diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 97f775ede..3e898dbdc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Changed the default `ex.PointerComponent.useGraphicsBounds = true`, users expect this to just work by default.
 - Changed a rough edge in the `ex.Material` API, if a material was created with a constructor it was lazily initialized. However this causes confusion because now the two ways of creating a material behave differently (the shader is not available immediately on the lazy version). Now `ex.Material` requires the GL graphics context to make sure it always works the same.
 
 
diff --git a/src/engine/Input/PointerComponent.ts b/src/engine/Input/PointerComponent.ts
index 0c0bce7d6..728fd0fb9 100644
--- a/src/engine/Input/PointerComponent.ts
+++ b/src/engine/Input/PointerComponent.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export class PointerComponent extends Component {
   public useColliderShape = true;
   /**
    * Use any existing Graphics component bounds for pointers. This is useful if you want the axis aligned
-   * bounds around the graphic to trigger pointer events. Default is `false`.
+   * bounds around the graphic to trigger pointer events. Default is `true`.
    */
-  public useGraphicsBounds = false;
+  public useGraphicsBounds = true;
 }
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