diff --git a/config.php.default b/config.php.default
index 78d529464..77ab72a87 100755
--- a/config.php.default
+++ b/config.php.default
@@ -41,5 +41,6 @@ $config['auth_mechanism'] = "mysql"; # default, other options: ldap, http-auth
 
 # following is necessary for poller-wrapper
 # poller-wrapper is released public domain
+$config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = FALSE;
 
 ?>