diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 91213d2627d091860796991f62cfbd8078047803..b3a3b432e273d8aaeb728a7f4c5a7566830a8ca0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ add_custom_target(fullcheck COMMAND ${CMAKE_CTEST_COMMAND})
 option(BORNAGAIN_PYTHON "Build with python support" ON)
 option(BORNAGAIN_GUI "Build a graphical user interface" ON)
 option(BORNAGAIN_TIFF_SUPPORT "Tiff files read/write support" ON)
+option(BORNAGAIN_NEWREFL "Compile reflectometry GUI prototype" ON)
 
 # options that are off by default (switch on for additional functionality)
 option(BORNAGAIN_MPI "Build with MPI support" OFF)
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@ option(ZERO_TOLERANCE "Terminate compilation on warnings" OFF)
 option(BORNAGAIN_COVERAGE "Build with test coverage information" OFF)
 option(BORNAGAIN_DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION "Build with debug optimization (gcc only)" OFF)
 option(BORNAGAIN_TIDY "Invokes clang-tidy" OFF)
-option(BORNAGAIN_NEWREFL "Compile reflectometry GUI prototype" OFF)
 
 if(BORNAGAIN_TIDY AND BORNAGAIN_PYTHON)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "BORNAGAIN_TIDY is incompatible with BORNAGAIN_PYTHON")