diff --git a/src/Conf.defaults b/src/Conf.defaults
index 7e2ad252..60fdf3a5 100644
--- a/src/Conf.defaults
+++ b/src/Conf.defaults
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ reverse_timelines = boolean(default=False)
 time_to_check_streams = integer(default=30)
 announce_stream_status = boolean(default=True)
 retweet_mode = string(default="ask")
-persistant_session = boolean(default=False)
+persistant_session = boolean(default=True)
 buffer_order = list(default=list('home','mentions','dm','sent_dm','sent_tweets','favorites','followers','friends','blocks','muted','events'))
 
 [sound]