diff --git a/etc/et.cfg b/etc/et.cfg
index 812adafdb..4a7d3443b 100644
--- a/etc/et.cfg
+++ b/etc/et.cfg
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ port = 2022
 verbose = 0
 silent = 0
 logsize = 20971520
-telemetry = 1
+telemetry = true
diff --git a/src/terminal/TerminalServerMain.cpp b/src/terminal/TerminalServerMain.cpp
index c011b2cf7..3d10552d4 100644
--- a/src/terminal/TerminalServerMain.cpp
+++ b/src/terminal/TerminalServerMain.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
     int port = 0;
     string bindIp = "";
-    bool telemetry = true;
+    bool telemetry = false;
     if (result.count("cfgfile")) {
       // Load the config file
       CSimpleIniA ini(true, false, false);
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
           }
         }
 
-        telemetry = bool(stoi(ini.GetValue("Debug", "Telemetry", "1")));
+        telemetry = ini.GetBoolValue("Debug", "telemetry", false);
         // read verbose level (prioritize command line option over cfgfile)
         const char *vlevel = ini.GetValue("Debug", "verbose", NULL);
         if (result.count("verbose")) {