diff --git a/OrekiWoofsBeehives/Config.cs b/OrekiWoofsBeehives/Config.cs
index 1c08c6d..632eefd 100644
--- a/OrekiWoofsBeehives/Config.cs
+++ b/OrekiWoofsBeehives/Config.cs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class Config
 
     [ProtoMember(57)]
     [ConfigCommand(serverSide: true)]
-    public bool SwarmSettingAfterPlacing { get; set; } = false;
+    public bool SwarmSettingAfterPlacing { get; set; } = true;
 
     [ProtoMember(5)]
     [ConfigCommand(serverSide: true, Min = 0, Max = 1000)]
diff --git a/OrekiWoofsBeehives/assets/orekiwoofsbeehives/config/configlib-patches.json b/OrekiWoofsBeehives/assets/orekiwoofsbeehives/config/configlib-patches.json
index a3f587f..da80261 100644
--- a/OrekiWoofsBeehives/assets/orekiwoofsbeehives/config/configlib-patches.json
+++ b/OrekiWoofsBeehives/assets/orekiwoofsbeehives/config/configlib-patches.json
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
             "code": "SwarmSettingAfterPlacing",
             "comment": "config-desc-SwarmSettingAfterPlacing",
             "type": "boolean",
-            "default": false
+            "default": true
         },
         {
             "code": "PreSwarmDurationHours",