diff --git a/src/Config.py b/src/Config.py
index 2bd9c44b6..152322ed0 100644
--- a/src/Config.py
+++ b/src/Config.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def createArguments(self):
         # SiteCreate
         action = self.subparsers.add_parser("siteCreate", help='Create a new site')
         action.register('type', 'bool', self.strToBool)
-        action.add_argument('--use_master_seed', help="Allow created site's private key to be recovered using the master seed in users.json (default: True)", type="bool", choices=[True, False], default=True)
+        action.add_argument('--use_master_seed', help="Allow created site's private key to be recovered using the master seed in users.json (default: False)", type="bool", choices=[True, False], default=False)
 
         # SiteNeedFile
         action = self.subparsers.add_parser("siteNeedFile", help='Get a file from site')