diff --git a/CONFIG.md b/CONFIG.md
index e1c17de..7f5805e 100644
--- a/CONFIG.md
+++ b/CONFIG.md
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ Choose what software to use to download data throughout Devine where needed.
 
 Options:
 
-- `aria2c` (default) - https://github.com/aria2/aria2
-- `requests` - https://github.com/psf/requests
+- `requests` (default) - https://github.com/psf/requests
+- `aria2c` - https://github.com/aria2/aria2
 - `curl_impersonate` - https://github.com/yifeikong/curl-impersonate (via https://github.com/yifeikong/curl_cffi)
 
 Note that aria2c can reach the highest speeds as it utilizes threading and more connections than the other
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ad93bec..271bc3d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ The following is a list of programs that need to be installed manually. I recomm
 [chocolatey] or such where possible as it automatically adds them to your `PATH` environment variable and will be
 easier to update in the future.
 
-- [aria2(c)] for downloading streams and large manifests.
 - [CCExtractor] for extracting Closed Caption data like EIA-608 from video streams and converting as SRT.
 - [FFmpeg] (and ffprobe) for repacking/remuxing streams on specific services, and evaluating stream data.
 - [MKVToolNix] v54+ for muxing individual streams to an `.mkv` file.
 - [shaka-packager] for decrypting CENC-CTR and CENC-CBCS video and audio streams.
+- (optional) [aria2(c)] to use as a [downloader](CONFIG.md#downloader-str).
 
 For portable downloads, make sure you put them in your current working directory, in the installation directory,
 or put the directory path in your `PATH` environment variable. If you do not do this then their binaries will not be
diff --git a/devine/core/config.py b/devine/core/config.py
index e4277a6..80160ec 100644
--- a/devine/core/config.py
+++ b/devine/core/config.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Config:
                 continue
             setattr(self.directories, name, Path(path).expanduser())
 
-        self.downloader = kwargs.get("downloader") or "aria2c"
+        self.downloader = kwargs.get("downloader") or "requests"
 
         self.filenames = self._Filenames()
         for name, filename in (kwargs.get("filenames") or {}).items():