diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml
index f38994d61ac6ec8c308fff2933df4208ec2f8bca..3c2f5a458bde3adbbba55a71740f3940f5832d9f 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ public:
     label:
       moderator: false
       mobile: true
-      guest: false
+      guest: true
   whiteboard:
     annotations:
       status:
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/conf/bigbluebutton.properties b/bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/conf/bigbluebutton.properties
index 1fc1c8e9e69035e3d7438851909947ff1d173111..9036abaf127a78248395a7190e8998c21cbff640 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/conf/bigbluebutton.properties
+++ b/bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/conf/bigbluebutton.properties
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ defaultDialAccessNumber=613-555-1234
 defaultGuestPolicy=ALWAYS_ACCEPT
 
 # Enables or disables authenticated guest
-authenticatedGuest=false
+authenticatedGuest=true
 
 #
 #----------------------------------------------------