diff --git a/unity/Runtime/Components/Joints/MjJointSettings.cs b/unity/Runtime/Components/Joints/MjJointSettings.cs
index 1b9e87e9..c45a6c1c 100644
--- a/unity/Runtime/Components/Joints/MjJointSettings.cs
+++ b/unity/Runtime/Components/Joints/MjJointSettings.cs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ namespace Mujoco {
 
       bool defaultLimited = false;
       if (mjcf.OwnerDocument.GetElementsByTagName("compiler")[0] is not XmlElement
-              compilerElement || !compilerElement.GetBoolAttribute("autolimits").Equals("false")) {
+              compilerElement || compilerElement.GetBoolAttribute("autolimits", true)) {
         defaultLimited = mjcf.HasAttribute("range");
       }