diff --git a/src/frontend/miscvars.c b/src/frontend/miscvars.c
index 95a257903..440780fbf 100644
--- a/src/frontend/miscvars.c
+++ b/src/frontend/miscvars.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ char *ft_setkwords[] = {
     "maxwins",
     "modelcard",
     "modelline",
+    "moremode",
     "nfreqs",
     "noasciiplotvalue",
     "noaskquit",
@@ -87,7 +88,6 @@ char *ft_setkwords[] = {
     "noglob",
     "nogrid",
     "nomod",
-    "nomoremode",
     "nonomatch",
     "nopadding",
     "nopage",
diff --git a/src/frontend/terminal.c b/src/frontend/terminal.c
index 7a1a8ffec..c37dd16d0 100644
--- a/src/frontend/terminal.c
+++ b/src/frontend/terminal.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Author: 1986 Wayne A. Christopher, U. C. Berkeley CAD Group
 #include "terminal.h"
 
 
-bool out_moremode = TRUE;
+bool out_moremode = FALSE;
 bool out_isatty = TRUE;
 
 #ifndef TCL_MODULE
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ out_init(void)
 
     noprint = nopause = FALSE;
 
-    if (cp_getvar("nomoremode", CP_BOOL, NULL))
-        out_moremode = FALSE;
-    else
+    if (cp_getvar("moremode", CP_BOOL, NULL))
         out_moremode = TRUE;
+    else
+        out_moremode = FALSE;
 
     if (!out_moremode || !cp_interactive)
         out_isatty = FALSE;