diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index bb2a1f413..a6d5562f0 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -2779,7 +2779,7 @@ standardConfig configs[] = {
     createBoolConfig("appendonly", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, g_pserver->aof_enabled, 0, NULL, updateAppendonly),
     createBoolConfig("cluster-allow-reads-when-down", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, g_pserver->cluster_allow_reads_when_down, 0, NULL, NULL),
     createBoolConfig("delete-on-evict", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, cserver.delete_on_evict, 0, NULL, NULL),
-    createBoolConfig("use-fork", NULL, IMMUTABLE_CONFIG, cserver.fForkBgSave, 0, NULL, NULL),
+    createBoolConfig("use-fork", NULL, IMMUTABLE_CONFIG, cserver.fForkBgSave, 1, NULL, NULL),
     createBoolConfig("io-threads-do-reads", NULL, IMMUTABLE_CONFIG, fDummy, 0, NULL, NULL),
     createBoolConfig("time-thread-priority", NULL, IMMUTABLE_CONFIG, cserver.time_thread_priority, 0, NULL, NULL),
     createBoolConfig("prefetch-enabled", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, g_pserver->prefetch_enabled, 1, NULL, NULL),