diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ee7bba17ae0fe5a56613cb13ed9d3c1949015ea1..60367cd4c42c2194a647ce9e7af185c52f5d60da 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ set(disable-multi-promoters "" CACHE STRING "Forbid that a gene is translated by
 set(dna-factory-alg "L2G" CACHE STRING "Which memory allocation algorithm to use for managing the DnaFactory pool of DNAs")
 
 set(with-triangle OFF CACHE BOOL "Whether to enable triangle phenotypic target (else Gaussian)")
-set(with-eukaryote OFF CACHE BOOL "Whether to enable eukaryotic version")
+set(with-eukaryote ON CACHE BOOL "Whether to enable eukaryotic version")
 set(with-detectclone ON CACHE BOOL "Whether to enable clones and not recompute them")
 set(with-floatconcentration OFF CACHE BOOL "Whether to enable the encoding of concentration has float (and not double)")
 set(with-perf-traces OFF CACHE BOOL "Whether to activate performance traces of (R-)Aevol")