diff --git a/src/lerobot/robots/lekiwi/config_lekiwi.py b/src/lerobot/robots/lekiwi/config_lekiwi.py
index 51fa8f03f..2384c4172 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/robots/lekiwi/config_lekiwi.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/robots/lekiwi/config_lekiwi.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class LeKiwiConfig(RobotConfig):
     cameras: dict[str, CameraConfig] = field(default_factory=lekiwi_cameras_config)
 
     # Set to `True` for backward compatibility with previous policies/dataset
-    use_degrees: bool = False
+    use_degrees: bool = True
 
 
 @dataclass