diff --git a/src/main/java/com/Acrobot/ChestShop/ChestShop.java b/src/main/java/com/Acrobot/ChestShop/ChestShop.java
index 0cdd111..ac856ee 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/Acrobot/ChestShop/ChestShop.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/Acrobot/ChestShop/ChestShop.java
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ public class ChestShop extends JavaPlugin {
 
     private void startUpdater() {
         if (Properties.TURN_OFF_UPDATES) {
+            getLogger().info("Auto-updater is disabled. If you want the plugin to automatically download new releases then set 'TURN_OFF_UPDATES' to 'false' in your config.yml!");
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/Acrobot/ChestShop/Configuration/Properties.java b/src/main/java/com/Acrobot/ChestShop/Configuration/Properties.java
index b3d5d59..a051ef3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/Acrobot/ChestShop/Configuration/Properties.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/Acrobot/ChestShop/Configuration/Properties.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class Properties {
 
     @PrecededBySpace
     @ConfigurationComment("Do you want to turn off the automatic updates of ChestShop?")
-    public static boolean TURN_OFF_UPDATES = false;
+    public static boolean TURN_OFF_UPDATES = true;
 
     @PrecededBySpace
     @ConfigurationComment("How large should the internal caches be?")