diff --git a/docs/platforms/php/index.mdx b/docs/platforms/php/index.mdx
index 1d149bbc7ffc9..668573a3342b9 100644
--- a/docs/platforms/php/index.mdx
+++ b/docs/platforms/php/index.mdx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ categories:
     },
     {
       id: 'performance',
-      checked: true,
+      checked: false,
     },
     {
       id: 'profiling',
diff --git a/src/components/onboarding/index.tsx b/src/components/onboarding/index.tsx
index 5b95c846b7eef..7ce4465f99eef 100644
--- a/src/components/onboarding/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/onboarding/index.tsx
@@ -127,7 +127,12 @@ export function OnboardingOptionButtons({
 }) {
   const normalizedOptions = initialOptions.map(option => {
     if (typeof option === 'string') {
-      return {id: option, disabled: option === 'error-monitoring'};
+      return {
+        id: option,
+        // error monitoring is always needs to be checked and disabled
+        disabled: option === 'error-monitoring',
+        checked: option === 'error-monitoring',
+      };
     }
     return option;
   });
@@ -137,8 +142,8 @@ export function OnboardingOptionButtons({
   const [options, setSelectedOptions] = useState<OnboardingOptionType[]>(
     normalizedOptions.map(option => ({
       ...option,
-      // default to checked if not excplicitly set
-      checked: option.checked ?? true,
+      // default to unchecked if not excplicitly set
+      checked: option.checked ?? false,
     }))
   );
   const [touchedOptions, touchOptions] = useReducer(() => true, false);