diff --git a/lib/default.php b/lib/default.php
index 3750881303..a19453fce4 100644
--- a/lib/default.php
+++ b/lib/default.php
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ $default =
         array('subscribers' => true,
               'members' => true,
               'peopletag' => true,
-              'external' => 'always'), // Options: 'sometimes', 'never', default = 'always'
+              'external' => 'sometimes'), // Options: 'sometimes', 'never', default = 'sometimes'
         'http' => // HTTP client settings when contacting other sites
         array('ssl_cafile' => false, // To enable SSL cert validation, point to a CA bundle (eg '/usr/lib/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt')
               'curl' => false, // Use CURL backend for HTTP fetches if available. (If not, PHP's socket streams will be used.)