diff --git a/vars/default_vars.yml b/vars/default_vars.yml
index 4717c6837..c138fb95b 100644
--- a/vars/default_vars.yml
+++ b/vars/default_vars.yml
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ dns_jail_enabled: False
 # Python-based Captive Portal, that @m-anish & @jvonau experimented with in
 # July 2018 (https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/870) and that @georgejhunt
 # extensively refined later in 2018 (PRs #1179, #1300, #1327, #2070).
-captiveportal_install: False
-captiveportal_enabled: False
+captiveportal_install: True
+captiveportal_enabled: True
 captiveportal_port: 9090
 captiveportal_splash_page: /
 # You might also want to set iiab_home_url (above!)