diff --git a/src/configuration.h b/src/configuration.h
index e0284e6c9..d263d9ae1 100644
--- a/src/configuration.h
+++ b/src/configuration.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 // Pre-hop drop handling (compile-time flag).
 #ifndef MESHTASTIC_PREHOP_DROP
-#define MESHTASTIC_PREHOP_DROP 0
+#define MESHTASTIC_PREHOP_DROP 1
 #endif
 
 /// Convert a preprocessor name into a quoted string