diff --git a/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure.Tests/AzurePersistenceConfigSpec.cs b/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure.Tests/AzurePersistenceConfigSpec.cs
index 19727e2..2bdc59b 100644
--- a/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure.Tests/AzurePersistenceConfigSpec.cs
+++ b/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure.Tests/AzurePersistenceConfigSpec.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public void ShouldParseDefaultSnapshotConfig()
             blobSettings.ConnectTimeout.Should().Be(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
             blobSettings.RequestTimeout.Should().Be(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
             blobSettings.VerboseLogging.Should().BeFalse();
-            blobSettings.ContainerPublicAccessType.Should().Be(PublicAccessType.BlobContainer);
+            blobSettings.ContainerPublicAccessType.Should().Be(PublicAccessType.None);
         }
         
         [Fact]
diff --git a/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure/reference.conf b/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure/reference.conf
index 296f8c7..acb95a4 100644
--- a/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure/reference.conf
+++ b/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure/reference.conf
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ akka.persistence {
 
       # Public access level for the auto-initialized storage container. 
       # Valid values are "None", "BlobContainer" or "Blob"
-      container-public-access-type = "BlobContainer"
+      container-public-access-type = "None"
     }
   }
 }
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