diff --git a/src/bitbots_misc/bitbots_bringup/launch/teamplayer.launch b/src/bitbots_misc/bitbots_bringup/launch/teamplayer.launch
index 4ee7d0a9e..6b3e608df 100644
--- a/src/bitbots_misc/bitbots_bringup/launch/teamplayer.launch
+++ b/src/bitbots_misc/bitbots_bringup/launch/teamplayer.launch
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <arg name="monitoring" default="false" description="Whether the system monitor and udp bridge should be started" />
     <arg name="record" default="false" description="Whether the ros bag recording should be started" />
     <arg name="tts" default="false" description="Whether to speak" />
-    <arg name="whistle_detector" default="false" description="Whether to detect whistles"/>
+    <arg name="whistle_detector" default="true" description="Whether to detect whistles"/>
     <arg unless="$(var sim)" name="fieldname" default="small_division_2026" description="Loads field settings" />
     <arg if="$(var sim)" name="fieldname" default="hsl_kid" description="Loads field settings" />