diff --git a/src/dosbox.cpp b/src/dosbox.cpp
index 9f29c803..b4149696 100644
--- a/src/dosbox.cpp
+++ b/src/dosbox.cpp
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ void DOSBOX_Init(void) {
 	Pstring = secprop->Add_string("oplemu", Property::Changeable::WhenIdle, "default");
 	Pstring->Set_values(oplemus);
 	Pstring->Set_help("Provider for the OPL emulation. 'compat' provides better quality,\n"
-	                  "'nuked' is the most accurate (but the most CPU-intensive).\n"
+	                  "'nuked' is the default and most accurate (but the most CPU-intensive).\n"
 	                  "See sblaster.oplrate as well.");
 
 	const char *oplrates[] = {"44100", "49716", "48000", "32000", "22050", "16000", "11025", "8000", 0};
diff --git a/src/hardware/adlib.cpp b/src/hardware/adlib.cpp
index 440276e0..08e561ce 100644
--- a/src/hardware/adlib.cpp
+++ b/src/hardware/adlib.cpp
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ static Handler * make_opl_handler(const std::string &oplemu, OPL_Mode mode)
 	if (oplemu == "nuked") {
 		return new NukedOPL::Handler();
 	}
-	return new DBOPL::Handler();
+	return new NukedOPL::Handler();
 }
 
 Module::Module(Section *configuration)