diff --git a/pyfpdb/Configuration.py b/pyfpdb/Configuration.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 91a16cca..51d04b57
--- a/pyfpdb/Configuration.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/Configuration.py
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ class Import:
         self.callFpdbHud   = node.getAttribute("callFpdbHud")
         self.hhArchiveBase = node.getAttribute("hhArchiveBase")
         self.hhBulkPath = node.getAttribute("hhBulkPath")
-        self.saveActions = string_to_bool(node.getAttribute("saveActions"), default=True)
+        self.saveActions = string_to_bool(node.getAttribute("saveActions"), default=False)
         self.fastStoreHudCache = string_to_bool(node.getAttribute("fastStoreHudCache"), default=False)
         self.saveStarsHH = string_to_bool(node.getAttribute("saveStarsHH"), default=False)
 
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ class Config:
         except:  imp['hhBulkPath']    = ""
 
         try:    imp['saveActions']     = self.imp.saveActions
-        except:  imp['saveActions']     = True
+        except:  imp['saveActions']     = False
 
         try:    imp['saveStarsHH'] = self.imp.saveStarsHH
         except:  imp['saveStarsHH'] = False
diff --git a/pyfpdb/HUD_config.test.xml b/pyfpdb/HUD_config.test.xml
index 94aefa82..5ec16a56 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/HUD_config.test.xml
+++ b/pyfpdb/HUD_config.test.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <FreePokerToolsConfig xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="FreePokerToolsConfig.xsd">
 
-    <import callFpdbHud = "True" interval = "10"  fastStoreHudCache="False" hhArchiveBase="~/.fpdb/HandHistories/" saveActions="True"></import>
+    <import callFpdbHud = "True" interval = "10"  fastStoreHudCache="False" hhArchiveBase="~/.fpdb/HandHistories/" saveActions="False"></import>
 
 <!-- These values determine what stats are displayed in the HUD
 
diff --git a/pyfpdb/HUD_config.xml.example b/pyfpdb/HUD_config.xml.example
index f2ba8ce4..4cc575be 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/HUD_config.xml.example
+++ b/pyfpdb/HUD_config.xml.example
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
              config_difficulty="expert"
              />
 
-    <import callFpdbHud = "True" interval = "10"  fastStoreHudCache="False" hhArchiveBase="~/.fpdb/HandHistories/" saveActions="True"></import>
+    <import callFpdbHud = "True" interval = "10"  fastStoreHudCache="False" hhArchiveBase="~/.fpdb/HandHistories/" saveActions="False"></import>
 
     <gui_cash_stats>
         <col col_name="game"       disp_all="True"  disp_posn="True"  col_title="Game"     xalignment="0.0" field_format="%s"    field_type="str" />