diff --git a/src/graphtea/graph/graph/Edge.java b/src/graphtea/graph/graph/Edge.java
index 0e910b6f..24f92137 100755
--- a/src/graphtea/graph/graph/Edge.java
+++ b/src/graphtea/graph/graph/Edge.java
@@ -345,12 +345,11 @@ public String getLabel() {
 
     private void updateText() {
         String _label;
-        if (!isShowWeight())
+        if (!isShowWeight()) {
             _label = label;
-        else if (isShowWeight())
+        } else {
             _label = String.valueOf(super.getWeight());
-        else
-            _label = label + "," + super.getWeight();
+        }
         this.text = _label;
         repaintView();
     }
diff --git a/src/graphtea/graph/graph/GraphModel.java b/src/graphtea/graph/graph/GraphModel.java
index af7a21d5..6599fc6c 100755
--- a/src/graphtea/graph/graph/GraphModel.java
+++ b/src/graphtea/graph/graph/GraphModel.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class GraphModel extends ListGraph<Vertex, Edge> implements StorableOnExi
 
 	private Font font = new Font(Font.SANS_SERIF, Font.PLAIN, 14);
 	@UserModifiableProperty(displayName = "Show Edge Labels")
-	public static boolean showEdgeWeights = false;
+	public static boolean showEdgeWeights = true;
 	@UserModifiableProperty(displayName = "Show Vertex Labels")
 	public static boolean vertexLabelsEnabled = true;
 	private boolean drawVertexLabels = vertexLabelsEnabled;