diff --git a/songbook_core/data/templates/default.tex b/songbook_core/data/templates/default.tex
index bf4282fc..3a413cf0 100644
--- a/songbook_core/data/templates/default.tex
+++ b/songbook_core/data/templates/default.tex
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
                               "french": "Options pour traiter les noms d'auteurs (commandes LaTeX authsepword, authignoreword, authbyword)"},
                "default": {"default": {}}
                },
-"alphascale": {"description": {"english": "Use alphabetic notes names (A B C ...) in french songbooks",
-                              "french": "Utiliser la notation anglo-saxonne (A B C ...) pour les accords"},
-                  "default": {"default": false}
+"notenamesout": {"description": {"english": "Note names. Can be 'solfedge' (Do, Re, Mi...) or 'alphascale' (A, B, C...).",
+                              "french": "Nom des notes : 'solfedge' (Do, Ré, Mi...) ou 'alphascale' (A, B, C...)."},
+                  "default": {"default": "alphascale", "french": "solfedge"}
                   }
 }
 (* endvariables *)
@@ -102,8 +102,9 @@
       (* endfor *)
    (* endfor*)
    
-   %! lang is defined in layout.tex
-   (* if lang=="french" and not alphascale *)
+   (* if notenamesout=="alphascale" *)
+      \notenamesout{A}{B}{C}{D}{E}{F}{G}
+    (* else *)
       \notenamesout{La}{Si}{Do}{R\'e}{Mi}{Fa}{Sol}
    (* endif *)
 (* endblock *)