diff --git a/conf/config.yml.template b/conf/config.yml.template
index 9435e72..1206d06 100644
--- a/conf/config.yml.template
+++ b/conf/config.yml.template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 site_title: __SITE_TITLE__          # The title of your website
 base_url: __PATH__                         # Pico will try to guess its base URL, if this fails, override it here;
                                     #     Example: https://example.com/pico/
-rewrite_url: ~                      # A boolean (true or false) indicating whether URL rewriting is forced
+rewrite_url: true                   # A boolean (true or false) indicating whether URL rewriting is forced
 debug: ~                            # Set this to true to enable Pico's debug mode
 timezone: ~                         # Your PHP installation might require you to manually specify a timezone
 locale: ~                           # Your PHP installation might require you to manually specify a locale to use