diff --git a/conf/loolwsd.xml b/conf/loolwsd.xml
index 916a0a6..06b91b5 100644
--- a/conf/loolwsd.xml
+++ b/conf/loolwsd.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     </net>
 
     <ssl desc="SSL settings">
-        <enable type="bool" desc="Controls whether SSL encryption between browser and loolwsd is enabled (do not disable for production deployment). If default is false, must first be compiled with SSL support to enable." default="true">true</enable>
+        <enable type="bool" desc="Controls whether SSL encryption between browser and loolwsd is enabled (do not disable for production deployment). If default is false, must first be compiled with SSL support to enable." default="true">false</enable>
         <termination desc="Connection via proxy where loolwsd acts as working via https, but actually uses http." type="bool" default="true">false</termination>
         <cert_file_path desc="Path to the cert file" relative="false">/etc/loolwsd/cert.pem</cert_file_path>
         <key_file_path desc="Path to the key file" relative="false">/etc/loolwsd/key.pem</key_file_path>