diff --git a/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_ml/face_ml_service.dart b/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_ml/face_ml_service.dart
index 7fa279f0cb..ab35f19554 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_ml/face_ml_service.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_ml/face_ml_service.dart
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ class FaceMlService {
 
   Future<void> clusterAllImages({
     double minFaceScore = kMinHighQualityFaceScore,
-    bool clusterInBuckets = false,
+    bool clusterInBuckets = true,
   }) async {
     _logger.info("`clusterAllImages()` called");