diff --git a/src/services/settings.ts b/src/services/settings.ts
index 0695830364..978a26f52a 100644
--- a/src/services/settings.ts
+++ b/src/services/settings.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_USER_SETTINGS = {
     [LAST_USED_QUERY_ACTION_KEY]: QUERY_ACTIONS.execute,
     [ASIDE_HEADER_COMPACT_KEY]: true,
     [PARTITIONS_HIDDEN_COLUMNS_KEY]: [],
-    [USE_PAGINATED_TABLES_KEY]: true,
+    [USE_PAGINATED_TABLES_KEY]: false,
     [USE_CLUSTER_BALANCER_AS_BACKEND_KEY]: true,
     [ENABLE_AUTOCOMPLETE]: true,
     [AUTOCOMPLETE_ON_ENTER]: true,
diff --git a/tests/suites/nodes/NodesPage.ts b/tests/suites/nodes/NodesPage.ts
index e81119d96b..f163e37574 100644
--- a/tests/suites/nodes/NodesPage.ts
+++ b/tests/suites/nodes/NodesPage.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type {Locator, Page} from '@playwright/test';
 
 import {PageModel} from '../../models/PageModel';
 import {nodesPage} from '../../utils/constants';
+import {selectContentTable} from '../../utils/selectContentTable';
 
 export class NodesPage extends PageModel {
     readonly table: Locator;
@@ -9,6 +10,6 @@ export class NodesPage extends PageModel {
     constructor(page: Page) {
         super(page, nodesPage);
 
-        this.table = this.selector.locator('.ydb-paginated-table__table');
+        this.table = selectContentTable(this.selector);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/suites/storage/StoragePage.ts b/tests/suites/storage/StoragePage.ts
index 4ea8b3c142..99e63df808 100644
--- a/tests/suites/storage/StoragePage.ts
+++ b/tests/suites/storage/StoragePage.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type {Locator, Page} from '@playwright/test';
 
 import {PageModel} from '../../models/PageModel';
 import {storagePage} from '../../utils/constants';
+import {selectContentTable} from '../../utils/selectContentTable';
 
 type EntityType = 'Groups' | 'Nodes';
 
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ export class StoragePage extends PageModel {
     constructor(page: Page) {
         super(page, storagePage);
 
-        this.table = this.selector.locator('.ydb-paginated-table__table');
+        this.table = selectContentTable(this.selector);
 
         this.entityTypeSelector = this.selector.getByTestId(storageTypeFilterQa);
     }