diff --git a/file_entity.pathauto.inc b/file_entity.pathauto.inc
index 846c049..7a9a0c4 100644
--- a/file_entity.pathauto.inc
+++ b/file_entity.pathauto.inc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function file_entity_pathauto($op) {
       $settings['token_type'] = 'file';
       $settings['groupheader'] = t('File paths');
       $settings['patterndescr'] = t('Default path pattern (applies to all file types with blank patterns below)');
-      $settings['patterndefault'] = 'file/[file:name]';
+      $settings['patterndefault'] = 'files/[file:name]';
       $settings['batch_update_callback'] = 'file_entity_pathauto_bulk_update_batch_process';
       $settings['batch_file'] = drupal_get_path('module', 'file_entity') . '/file_entity.pathauto.inc';