diff --git a/dpnp/config.py b/dpnp/config.py
index 913f8a28e73..a9a6b6ec7c5 100644
--- a/dpnp/config.py
+++ b/dpnp/config.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 Explicitly use NumPy.ndarray as return type for creation functions
 '''
 
-__DPNP_OUTPUT_DPCTL__ = int(os.getenv('DPNP_OUTPUT_DPCTL', 0))
+__DPNP_OUTPUT_DPCTL__ = int(os.getenv('DPNP_OUTPUT_DPCTL', 1))
 '''
 Explicitly use DPCtl package container as return type for creation functions
 '''