diff --git a/src/librssguard/miscellaneous/settings.cpp b/src/librssguard/miscellaneous/settings.cpp
index 54ec351dd..a88c11dec 100755
--- a/src/librssguard/miscellaneous/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/librssguard/miscellaneous/settings.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ DKEY Feeds::UpdateTimeout = "feed_update_timeout";
 DVALUE(int) Feeds::UpdateTimeoutDef = DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT;
 
 DKEY Feeds::EnableAutoUpdateNotification = "enable_auto_update_notification";
-DVALUE(bool) Feeds::EnableAutoUpdateNotificationDef = true;
+DVALUE(bool) Feeds::EnableAutoUpdateNotificationDef = false;
 
 DKEY Feeds::CountFormat = "count_format";
 DVALUE(char*) Feeds::CountFormatDef = "(%unread)";