diff --git a/include/cbm.h b/include/cbm.h
index dff9770a3..3ca8715e4 100644
--- a/include/cbm.h
+++ b/include/cbm.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
  * following variables to determine the file type and the disk unit to use.
  */
 extern unsigned char _curunit;  /* Defaults to current when program started */
-extern char _filetype;          /* Defaults to 'u' */
+extern char _filetype;          /* Defaults to 's' */
 
 
 
diff --git a/libsrc/cbm/filevars.s b/libsrc/cbm/filevars.s
index 3b6bdb750..a1d5bd4e2 100644
--- a/libsrc/cbm/filevars.s
+++ b/libsrc/cbm/filevars.s
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 .data
 
 __filetype:
-        .byte   'u'             ; Create user files by default
+        .byte   's'             ; Create sequential files by default
 
 
 .bss