diff --git a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
index 94d6ac029..c03930860 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
@@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ bool OBSBasic::InitBasicConfigDefaults()
 		basicConfig, "Audio", "MonitoringDeviceName",
 		Str("Basic.Settings.Advanced.Audio.MonitoringDevice"
 		    ".Default"));
-	config_set_default_uint(basicConfig, "Audio", "SampleRate", 44100);
+	config_set_default_uint(basicConfig, "Audio", "SampleRate", 48000);
 	config_set_default_string(basicConfig, "Audio", "ChannelSetup",
 				  "Stereo");
 	config_set_default_double(basicConfig, "Audio", "MeterDecayRate",