diff --git a/src/bees.cc b/src/bees.cc
index e4b58bc..adbf715 100644
--- a/src/bees.cc
+++ b/src/bees.cc
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ bees_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	unsigned thread_min = 0;
 	double load_target = 0;
 	bool workaround_btrfs_send = false;
-	BeesRoots::ScanMode root_scan_mode = BeesRoots::SCAN_MODE_LOCKSTEP;
+	BeesRoots::ScanMode root_scan_mode = BeesRoots::SCAN_MODE_INDEPENDENT;
 
 	// Configure getopt_long
 	static const struct option long_options[] = {
diff --git a/src/bees.h b/src/bees.h
index 26fec38..3d96d12 100644
--- a/src/bees.h
+++ b/src/bees.h
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ public:
 	void set_workaround_btrfs_send(bool do_avoid);
 
 private:
-	ScanMode m_scan_mode = SCAN_MODE_LOCKSTEP;
+	ScanMode m_scan_mode = SCAN_MODE_INDEPENDENT;
 	static string scan_mode_ntoa(ScanMode new_mode);
 
 };