diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml
index f361b4b74cf81310f99ca5e9f572592bc03ec235..6f147d0ea0b60cbfcff6b71602146f5ab2648ae8 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public:
     callHangupTimeout: 2000
     callHangupMaximumRetries: 10
     echoTestNumber: '9196'
-    relayOnlyOnReconnect: true
+    relayOnlyOnReconnect: false
   presentation:
     defaultPresentationFile: default.pdf
     panZoomThrottle: 32