diff --git a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
index 6b8241ec..9fbfc05d 100644
--- a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
+++ b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
@@ -678,8 +678,8 @@ chapter_title_error_mark:(CHAPTER ERROR)
 #max_zalgo:1
 
 ## Some site use a common obfuscation of email addresses.  Set
-## decode_emails:true for FFF to attempt to decode them.
-decode_emails:false
+## decode_emails:false if decoding them causes problems.
+decode_emails:true
 
 ## Apply adapter's normalize_chapterurl() to all links in chapter
 ## texts, if they match the known pattern(s) for chapter URLs.  As of
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/base_adapter.py b/fanficfare/adapters/base_adapter.py
index 13f258a2..1006eaa5 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/base_adapter.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/base_adapter.py
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ class BaseSiteAdapter(Requestable):
         if not fetch:
             fetch=self.get_request_raw
 
-        if self.getConfig("decode_emails"):
+        if self.getConfig("decode_emails",True):
             # <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c7ada8afa9a3a8a287a2aaa6aeabe9a4a8aa">[email&#160;protected]</a>
             # <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e3a18f8a8d87ae8c969086d2d7d0a3b3abac8d869790cd8c9184"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="296b4540474d64465c5a4c181d1a69796166474c5d5a07465b4e">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>
             for emailtag in soup.select('a.__cf_email__') + soup.select('span.__cf_email__'):
diff --git a/fanficfare/defaults.ini b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
index a86bb57e..93da1a6c 100644
--- a/fanficfare/defaults.ini
+++ b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
@@ -679,8 +679,8 @@ chapter_title_error_mark:(CHAPTER ERROR)
 #max_zalgo:1
 
 ## Some site use a common obfuscation of email addresses.  Set
-## decode_emails:true for FFF to attempt to decode them.
-decode_emails:false
+## decode_emails:false if decoding them causes problems.
+decode_emails:true
 
 ## Apply adapter's normalize_chapterurl() to all links in chapter
 ## texts, if they match the known pattern(s) for chapter URLs.  As of