diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/fragments/EmulationFragment.kt b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/fragments/EmulationFragment.kt
index 390b26dca..5d58ff62c 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/fragments/EmulationFragment.kt
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/fragments/EmulationFragment.kt
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ class EmulationFragment : Fragment(), SurfaceHolder.Callback, Choreographer.Fram
 
         sliderBinding.apply {
             slider.valueTo = 100f
-            slider.value = preferences.getInt("controlOpacity", 100).toFloat()
+            slider.value = preferences.getInt("controlOpacity", 50).toFloat()
             slider.addOnChangeListener(
                 Slider.OnChangeListener { slider: Slider, progress: Float, _: Boolean ->
                     textValue.text = (progress.toInt()).toString()
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ class EmulationFragment : Fragment(), SurfaceHolder.Callback, Choreographer.Fram
                 setControlOpacity(sliderBinding.slider.value.toInt())
             }
             .setNeutralButton(R.string.slider_default) { _: DialogInterface?, _: Int ->
-                setControlOpacity(100)
+                setControlOpacity(50)
             }
             .show()
     }
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ class EmulationFragment : Fragment(), SurfaceHolder.Callback, Choreographer.Fram
     private fun resetInputOverlay() {
         preferences.edit()
             .putInt("controlScale", 50)
-            .putInt("controlOpacity", 100)
+            .putInt("controlOpacity", 50)
             .apply()
 
         val editor = preferences.edit()
diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/overlay/InputOverlay.kt b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/overlay/InputOverlay.kt
index fab51963f..949ff8291 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/overlay/InputOverlay.kt
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/overlay/InputOverlay.kt
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ class InputOverlay(context: Context?, attrs: AttributeSet?) : SurfaceView(contex
             scale *= (preferences.getInt("controlScale", 50) + 50).toFloat()
             scale /= 100f
 
-            val opacity: Int = preferences.getInt("controlOpacity", 100) * 255 / 100
+            val opacity: Int = preferences.getInt("controlOpacity", 50) * 255 / 100
 
             // Initialize the InputOverlayDrawableButton.
             val defaultStateBitmap = getBitmap(context, defaultResId, scale)
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ class InputOverlay(context: Context?, attrs: AttributeSet?) : SurfaceView(contex
             scale *= (preferences.getInt("controlScale", 50) + 50).toFloat()
             scale /= 100f
 
-            val opacity: Int = preferences.getInt("controlOpacity", 100) * 255 / 100
+            val opacity: Int = preferences.getInt("controlOpacity", 50) * 255 / 100
 
             // Initialize the InputOverlayDrawableDpad.
             val defaultStateBitmap = getBitmap(context, defaultResId, scale)
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ class InputOverlay(context: Context?, attrs: AttributeSet?) : SurfaceView(contex
             scale *= (preferences.getInt("controlScale", 50) + 50).toFloat()
             scale /= 100f
 
-            val opacity: Int = preferences.getInt("controlOpacity", 100) * 255 / 100
+            val opacity: Int = preferences.getInt("controlOpacity", 50) * 255 / 100
 
             // Initialize the InputOverlayDrawableJoystick.
             val bitmapOuter = getBitmap(context, resOuter, scale)