diff --git a/birdnet.conf-defaults b/birdnet.conf-defaults
index 57a2c99..a7dde52 100644
--- a/birdnet.conf-defaults
+++ b/birdnet.conf-defaults
@@ -176,10 +176,10 @@ SENSITIVITY=1.25
 CHANNELS=2
 
 ## FULL_DISK can be set to configure how the system reacts to a full disk
-## 0 = Remove the oldest day's worth of recordings
-## 1 = Keep all data and `stop_core_services.sh`
+## purge = Remove the oldest day's worth of recordings
+## keep = Keep all data and `stop_core_services.sh`
 
-FULL_DISK=0
+FULL_DISK=purge
 
 ## VENV is the virtual environment where the the BirdNET python build is found,
 ## i.e, VENV is the virtual environment miniforge built for BirdNET.