diff -urpa mc-4.8.31.orig/src/filemanager/find.c mc-4.8.31/src/filemanager/find.c
--- mc-4.8.31.orig/src/filemanager/find.c	2024-01-20 20:34:38.000000000 +0100
+++ mc-4.8.31/src/filemanager/find.c	2024-04-03 21:45:19.741258251 +0200
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ find_load_options (void)
     loaded = TRUE;
 
     options.file_case_sens =
-        mc_config_get_bool (mc_global.main_config, "FindFile", "file_case_sens", TRUE);
+        mc_config_get_bool (mc_global.main_config, "FindFile", "file_case_sens", FALSE);
     options.file_pattern =
         mc_config_get_bool (mc_global.main_config, "FindFile", "file_shell_pattern", TRUE);
     options.find_recurs =
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ find_load_options (void)
     options.file_all_charsets =
         mc_config_get_bool (mc_global.main_config, "FindFile", "file_all_charsets", FALSE);
     options.content_case_sens =
-        mc_config_get_bool (mc_global.main_config, "FindFile", "content_case_sens", TRUE);
+        mc_config_get_bool (mc_global.main_config, "FindFile", "content_case_sens", FALSE);
     options.content_regexp =
         mc_config_get_bool (mc_global.main_config, "FindFile", "content_regexp", FALSE);
     options.content_first_hit =