diff --git a/gui/mainMenuBar.py b/gui/mainMenuBar.py
index 4f0735414..7c01c892e 100644
--- a/gui/mainMenuBar.py
+++ b/gui/mainMenuBar.py
@@ -80,12 +80,11 @@ class MainMenuBar(wx.MenuBar):
         graphFrameItem = wx.MenuItem(windowMenu, self.graphFrameId, "Graphs\tCTRL+G")
         graphFrameItem.SetBitmap(bitmapLoader.getBitmap("graphs_small", "icons"))
         windowMenu.AppendItem(graphFrameItem)
-        #=======================================================================
-        # DISABLED FOR RC2 RELEASE
-        # preferencesItem = wx.MenuItem(windowMenu, self.preferencesId, "Preferences\tCTRL+P")
-        # preferencesItem.SetBitmap(bitmapLoader.getBitmap("preferences_small", "icons"))
-        # windowMenu.AppendItem(preferencesItem)
-        #=======================================================================
+
+        preferencesItem = wx.MenuItem(windowMenu, self.preferencesId, "Preferences\tCTRL+P")
+        preferencesItem.SetBitmap(bitmapLoader.getBitmap("preferences_small", "icons"))
+        windowMenu.AppendItem(preferencesItem)
+
 #        graphFrameItem.Enable(gui.graphFrame.enabled)
 
         # Help menu