diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml
index 9644413dc35a8ef26965ac9d7f811eaad2d0d92b..7829285af8db1cc1896e51298ff7f642a426e7b1 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public:
   poll:
     max_custom: 5
   captions:
-    enabled: false
+    enabled: true
     enableDictation: false
     backgroundColor: "#000000"
     fontColor: "#FFFFFF"