diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml
index 839ef9abeaa926c6b7ded73fcb6743e321351fa5..849b5dac29e8ff17f97afaac3792c4c87b400441 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ public:
         chatPushAlerts: false
         userJoinAudioAlerts: false
         userJoinPushAlerts: false
-        raiseHandAudioAlerts: false
-        raiseHandPushAlerts: false
+        raiseHandAudioAlerts: true
+        raiseHandPushAlerts: true
         fallbackLocale: en
         overrideLocale: null
       audio: