diff --git a/ms2rescore/feature_generators/deeplc.py b/ms2rescore/feature_generators/deeplc.py
index b17bf344..edbe71bc 100644
--- a/ms2rescore/feature_generators/deeplc.py
+++ b/ms2rescore/feature_generators/deeplc.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         # Set default DeepLC arguments
         if "deeplc_retrain" not in self.deeplc_kwargs:
-            self.deeplc_kwargs["deeplc_retrain"] = True
+            self.deeplc_kwargs["deeplc_retrain"] = False
 
         self.deeplc_predictor = None
         if "path_model" in self.deeplc_kwargs: