diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/2020-omr-vpn b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/2020-omr-vpn
index bc76d7b45..f75612766 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/2020-omr-vpn
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/2020-omr-vpn
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ if [ "$(uci -q get openvpn.omr)" = "" ]; then
 		set openvpn.omr.cipher=AES-256-CBC
 		set openvpn.omr.proto=tcp-client
 		set openvpn.omr.compress=lz4
+		set openvpn.omr.enabled=0
 		commit openvpn
 	EOF
 fi