diff --git a/packages/suite-desktop-core/src/modules/bridge.ts b/packages/suite-desktop-core/src/modules/bridge.ts
index 196b2394a9a..3ecd75d93e7 100644
--- a/packages/suite-desktop-core/src/modules/bridge.ts
+++ b/packages/suite-desktop-core/src/modules/bridge.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ const shouldUseLegacyBridge = (store: Dependencies['store']) => {
         const newBridgeRollout = Math.round(Math.random() * 100) / 100;
         store.setBridgeSettings({ ...store.getBridgeSettings(), newBridgeRollout });
     }
-    const newBridgeRollout = store.getBridgeSettings().newBridgeRollout || 0;
+    const newBridgeRollout = store.getBridgeSettings().newBridgeRollout || 0.01;
     // note that this variable is duplicated with UI
     const NEW_BRIDGE_ROLLOUT_THRESHOLD = 0;
     const legacyBridgeReasonRollout = newBridgeRollout >= NEW_BRIDGE_ROLLOUT_THRESHOLD;
diff --git a/packages/suite/src/views/settings/SettingsDebug/TransportBackends.tsx b/packages/suite/src/views/settings/SettingsDebug/TransportBackends.tsx
index cd26f4ad841..9a1955e17fd 100644
--- a/packages/suite/src/views/settings/SettingsDebug/TransportBackends.tsx
+++ b/packages/suite/src/views/settings/SettingsDebug/TransportBackends.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ interface Process {
 }
 
 // note that this variable is duplicated with suite-desktop-core
-const NEW_BRIDGE_ROLLOUT_THRESHOLD = 0;
+const NEW_BRIDGE_ROLLOUT_THRESHOLD = 0.01;
 
 export const TransportBackends = () => {
     const allowPrerelease = useSelector(state => state.desktopUpdate.allowPrerelease);
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export const TransportBackends = () => {
                         title="New bridge rollout"
                         description={
                             allowPrerelease
-                                ? 'New bridge is rolled out to all Trezor Suite instances that are in the Early access program.'
+                                ? 'New bridge is rolled out to all Trezor Suite instances that are in the Early access program and to a few users apart EAP.'
                                 : `New bridge is rolled out to ${NEW_BRIDGE_ROLLOUT_THRESHOLD * 100} % of Trezor Suite instances outside of Early access. Your rollout score is ${((bridgeSettings.newBridgeRollout ?? 0) * 100).toFixed()}%`
                         }
                     />