diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1990-omr-tracker b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1990-omr-tracker
index 882e4b0a7..648dbaa17 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1990-omr-tracker
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1990-omr-tracker
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if [ "$(uci -q get omr-tracker.omrvpn)" = "" ]; then
 	uci -q batch <<-EOF >/dev/null
 		delete omr-tracker.glorytun
 		set omr-tracker.omrvpn=interface
-		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.type="none"
+		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.type="ping"
 		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.timeout=10
 		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.tries=3
 		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.interval=5