diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1990-omr-tracker b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1990-omr-tracker
index 88c068d53..212ff9ad1 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1990-omr-tracker
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1990-omr-tracker
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ if [ "$(uci -q get omr-tracker.omrvpn)" = "" ]; then
 		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.timeout=10
 		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.tries=5
 		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.interval=5
+		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.mail_alert=0
 		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.enabled=1
 		commit omr-tracker
 	EOF