diff --git a/lib/db.ts b/lib/db.ts
index d81f318..3fbfbef 100644
--- a/lib/db.ts
+++ b/lib/db.ts
@@ -199,11 +199,15 @@ export function setSetting(key: string, value: string): void {
 
 const SYMBOLS = ['NQ','MNQ','ES','MES','YM','MYM','RTY','M2K','GC','MGC','SI','CL','MCL','NG','ZB','ZN','ZF','6E','6J','6B'];
 
+// Enabled on a fresh install. The rest still seed, so they can be switched on
+// from the Instruments page, they just start off.
+const DEFAULT_ENABLED = new Set(['NQ', 'GC', 'CL']);
+
 // Seed instruments table if empty
 const instrCount = (db.prepare('SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM instruments').get() as { count: number }).count;
 if (instrCount === 0) {
-    const ins = db.prepare('INSERT INTO instruments (symbol, enabled) VALUES (?, 1)');
-    for (const s of SYMBOLS) ins.run(s);
+    const ins = db.prepare('INSERT INTO instruments (symbol, enabled) VALUES (?, ?)');
+    for (const s of SYMBOLS) ins.run(s, DEFAULT_ENABLED.has(s) ? 1 : 0);
 }
 
 export interface InstrumentRow {