diff --git a/backend/scripts/repl b/backend/scripts/repl
index c615032e98..afc6baeae9 100755
--- a/backend/scripts/repl
+++ b/backend/scripts/repl
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ export PENPOT_FLAGS="\
        enable-webhooks \
        enable-access-tokens \
        disable-feature-components-v2 \
-       disable-file-validation \
-       disable-file-schema-validation \
-       enable-soft-file-schema-validation \
-       enable-soft-file-validation";
+       enable-file-validation \
+       enable-file-schema-validation \
+       disable-soft-file-schema-validation \
+       disable-soft-file-validation";
 
 # export PENPOT_DATABASE_URI="postgresql://172.17.0.1:5432/penpot"
 # export PENPOT_DATABASE_USERNAME="penpot"
diff --git a/backend/scripts/start-dev b/backend/scripts/start-dev
index 897e18499b..d0c50dca9c 100755
--- a/backend/scripts/start-dev
+++ b/backend/scripts/start-dev
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ export PENPOT_FLAGS="\
        enable-smtp \
        enable-access-tokens \
        disable-feature-components-v2 \
-       disable-file-validation \
-       disable-file-schema-validation \
-       enable-soft-file-schema-validation \
-       enable-soft-file-validation";
+       enable-file-validation \
+       enable-file-schema-validation \
+       disable-soft-file-schema-validation \
+       disable-soft-file-validation";
 
 # Initialize MINIO config
 mc alias set penpot-s3/ http://minio:9000 minioadmin minioadmin