diff --git a/packages/node/src/yargs.ts b/packages/node/src/yargs.ts
index 1cd8cde929..0a70d57a6a 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/yargs.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/yargs.ts
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ export const yargsOptions = yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
     },
     'disable-historical': {
       demandOption: false,
-      default: true,
+      default: false,
       describe: 'Disable storing historical state entities',
       type: 'boolean',
     },