diff --git a/taichi/program/compile_config.cpp b/taichi/program/compile_config.cpp
index 760d6653686f7..08e065c90474d 100644
--- a/taichi/program/compile_config.cpp
+++ b/taichi/program/compile_config.cpp
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ CompileConfig::CompileConfig() {
   make_block_local = true;
   detect_read_only = true;
   ndarray_use_cached_allocator = true;
-  real_matrix = false;
-  real_matrix_scalarize = false;
+  real_matrix = true;
+  real_matrix_scalarize = true;
 
   saturating_grid_dim = 0;
   max_block_dim = 0;