diff --git a/.config/aerc/aerc.conf b/.config/aerc/aerc.conf
index ef0122a0..d3c1499b 100644
--- a/.config/aerc/aerc.conf
+++ b/.config/aerc/aerc.conf
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ styleset-name=ashen
 # pager which supports ANSI codes.
 #
 # Default: less -Rc
-pager=hx
+# pager=hx
 # pager=less -Rc -k ~/.config/lesskey
 
 #
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ pager=hx
 # html emails.
 #
 # Default: text/plain,text/html
-#alternatives=text/plain,text/html
+alternatives=text/plain,text/html
 
 #
 # Default setting to determine whether to show full headers or only parsed
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ pager=hx
 # Whether to always show the mimetype of an email, even when it is just a single part
 #
 # Default: false
-#always-show-mime=false
+always-show-mime=true
 
 # Define the maximum height of the mimetype switcher before a scrollbar is used.
 # The height of the mimetype switcher is restricted to half of the display
@@ -767,8 +767,8 @@ text/plain=colorize
 text/calendar=calendar
 message/delivery-status=colorize
 message/rfc822=colorize
-#text/html=pandoc -f html -t plain | colorize
-text/html=! html
+text/html=pandoc -f html -t plain | colorize
+# text/html=! html
 #text/html=! w3m -T text/html -I UTF-8
 #text/*=bat -fP --file-name="$AERC_FILENAME"
 #application/x-sh=bat -fP -l sh