diff --git a/src/markdownentry.cpp b/src/markdownentry.cpp
index 19cd018f97506be4306de3f042febcdb4733ccd0..582db8e4dd1c7b4052f99cd82576c50f79927c8c 100644
--- a/src/markdownentry.cpp
+++ b/src/markdownentry.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void MarkdownEntry::setContent(const QDomElement& content, const KZip& file)
                         setRenderedMath(i+1, data.first, internal, data.second);
                     }
                 }
-                else
+                else if (worksheet()->embeddedMathEnabled())
                     renderMathExpression(i+1, mathCode);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/test/worksheet_test.cpp b/src/test/worksheet_test.cpp
index b5c7ec3e37f2878a8fa4b646763fa4d2d56bdfb4..446572aca0b2c6fe287eeac5e72553a42d6b6b82 100644
--- a/src/test/worksheet_test.cpp
+++ b/src/test/worksheet_test.cpp
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ void WorksheetTest::initTestCase()
 
 Worksheet* WorksheetTest::loadWorksheet(const QString& name)
 {
-    Worksheet* w = new Worksheet(Cantor::Backend::getBackend(QLatin1String("maxima")), nullptr);
+    Worksheet* w = new Worksheet(Cantor::Backend::getBackend(QLatin1String("maxima")), nullptr, false);
     WorksheetView v(w, nullptr);
-    w->enableEmbeddedMath(false);
     w->load(dataPath + name);
     return w;
 }
diff --git a/src/worksheet.cpp b/src/worksheet.cpp
index 95d5c5c76cbc28b67c769724387781c34e386d8e..ebe361fc7ad0fd1da051aafc631619970d40f8c3 100644
--- a/src/worksheet.cpp
+++ b/src/worksheet.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const double Worksheet::TopMargin = 12;
 const double Worksheet::EntryCursorLength = 30;
 const double Worksheet::EntryCursorWidth = 2;
 
-Worksheet::Worksheet(Cantor::Backend* backend, QWidget* parent)
+Worksheet::Worksheet(Cantor::Backend* backend, QWidget* parent, bool useDeafultWorksheetParameters)
     : QGraphicsScene(parent)
 {
     m_session = nullptr;
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ Worksheet::Worksheet(Cantor::Backend* backend, QWidget* parent)
     m_choosenCursorEntry = nullptr;
     m_isCursorEntryAfterLastEntry = false;
 
+    m_useDefaultWorksheetParameters = useDeafultWorksheetParameters;
+
     m_viewWidth = 0;
     m_maxWidth = 0;
 
@@ -1280,11 +1282,14 @@ bool Worksheet::loadCantorWorksheet(const KZip& archive)
 void Worksheet::initSession(Cantor::Backend* backend)
 {
     m_session = backend->createSession();
-    enableHighlighting(Settings::self()->highlightDefault());
-    enableCompletion(Settings::self()->completionDefault());
-    enableExpressionNumbering(Settings::self()->expressionNumberingDefault());
-    enableAnimations(Settings::self()->animationDefault());
-    enableEmbeddedMath(Settings::self()->embeddedMathDefault());
+    if (m_useDefaultWorksheetParameters)
+    {
+        enableHighlighting(Settings::self()->highlightDefault());
+        enableCompletion(Settings::self()->completionDefault());
+        enableExpressionNumbering(Settings::self()->expressionNumberingDefault());
+        enableAnimations(Settings::self()->animationDefault());
+        enableEmbeddedMath(Settings::self()->embeddedMathDefault());
+    }
 }
 
 bool Worksheet::loadJupyterNotebook(const QJsonDocument& doc)
diff --git a/src/worksheet.h b/src/worksheet.h
index a20acb9506636b5601336edc243e7ef1572e1f33..444db3efb7544a1e0cfa05e24acc0cea1361baeb 100644
--- a/src/worksheet.h
+++ b/src/worksheet.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Worksheet : public QGraphicsScene
       JupyterNotebook
     };
 
-    Worksheet(Cantor::Backend* backend, QWidget* parent);
+    Worksheet(Cantor::Backend* backend, QWidget* parent, bool useDeafultWorksheetParameters = true);
     ~Worksheet() override;
 
     Cantor::Session* session();
@@ -318,10 +318,13 @@ class Worksheet : public QGraphicsScene
     KToggleAction* m_alignRightAction;
     KToggleAction* m_alignJustifyAction;
 
-    bool m_completionEnabled;
-    bool m_embeddedMathEnabled;
-    bool m_showExpressionIds;
-    bool m_animationsEnabled;
+    bool m_useDefaultWorksheetParameters{true};
+
+    bool m_completionEnabled{false};
+    bool m_embeddedMathEnabled{false};
+    bool m_showExpressionIds{false};
+    bool m_animationsEnabled{false};
+
     bool m_isPrinting;
     bool m_isLoadingFromFile;
     bool m_readOnly;