diff --git a/packages/turf-boolean-intersects/index.ts b/packages/turf-boolean-intersects/index.ts
index 5ba9ba7a0..50b08925f 100644
--- a/packages/turf-boolean-intersects/index.ts
+++ b/packages/turf-boolean-intersects/index.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { flattenEach } from "@turf/meta";
  * @param {Geometry|Feature<any>} feature1 GeoJSON Feature or Geometry
  * @param {Geometry|Feature<any>} feature2 GeoJSON Feature or Geometry
  * @param {Object} [options={}] Optional parameters
- * @param {boolean} [options.ignoreSelfIntersections=false] ignores self-intersections on input features
+ * @param {boolean} [options.ignoreSelfIntersections=true] ignore self-intersections on input features
  * @returns {boolean} true if geometries intersect, false otherwise
  * @example
  * var point1 = turf.point([2, 2]);
@@ -30,13 +30,12 @@ import { flattenEach } from "@turf/meta";
 function booleanIntersects(
   feature1: Feature<any> | Geometry,
   feature2: Feature<any> | Geometry,
-  options: {
+  {
+    ignoreSelfIntersections = true,
+  }: {
     ignoreSelfIntersections?: boolean;
   } = {}
 ) {
-  const ignoreSelfIntersections: boolean =
-    options.ignoreSelfIntersections ?? false;
-
   let bool = false;
   flattenEach(feature1, (flatten1) => {
     flattenEach(feature2, (flatten2) => {
diff --git a/packages/turf-boolean-intersects/test.ts b/packages/turf-boolean-intersects/test.ts
index 0dc261338..f42de2774 100644
--- a/packages/turf-boolean-intersects/test.ts
+++ b/packages/turf-boolean-intersects/test.ts
@@ -122,62 +122,62 @@ test("turf-boolean-intersects with ignoreSelfIntersections option", (t) => {
     selfIntersectingLineString,
     nonIntersectingLineString
   );
-  t.true(
+  t.false(
     result,
-    "[true] " +
-      "selfIntersectingLineString-LineString (ignoreSelfIntersections=false)"
+    "[false] " +
+      "selfIntersectingLineString-LineString (ignoreSelfIntersections=true)"
   );
   result = intersects(selfIntersectingLineString, intersectingLineString);
   t.true(
     result,
     "[true] " +
-      "selfIntersectingLineString-LineString (ignoreSelfIntersections=false)"
+      "selfIntersectingLineString-LineString (ignoreSelfIntersections=true)"
   );
   result = intersects(selfIntersectingLineString, intersectingPolygon);
   t.true(
     result,
     "[true] " +
-      "selfIntersectingLineString-Polygon (ignoreSelfIntersections=false)"
+      "selfIntersectingLineString-Polygon (ignoreSelfIntersections=true)"
   );
   result = intersects(selfIntersectingLineString, nonIntersectingPolygon);
-  t.true(
+  t.false(
     result,
-    "[true] " +
-      "selfIntersectingLineString-Polygon (ignoreSelfIntersections=false)"
+    "[false] " +
+      "selfIntersectingLineString-Polygon (ignoreSelfIntersections=true)"
   );
 
   // Test with ignoringSelfIntersections option
   result = intersects(selfIntersectingLineString, nonIntersectingLineString, {
-    ignoreSelfIntersections: true,
+    ignoreSelfIntersections: false,
   });
-  t.false(
+  t.true(
     result,
-    "[false] " +
-      "selfIntersectingLineString-LineString (ignoreSelfIntersections=true)"
+    "[true] " +
+      "selfIntersectingLineString-LineString (ignoreSelfIntersections=false)"
   );
   result = intersects(selfIntersectingLineString, intersectingLineString, {
-    ignoreSelfIntersections: true,
+    ignoreSelfIntersections: false,
   });
   t.true(
     result,
     "[true] " +
-      "selfIntersectingLineString-LineString (ignoreSelfIntersections=true)"
+      "selfIntersectingLineString-LineString (ignoreSelfIntersections=false)"
   );
   result = intersects(selfIntersectingLineString, intersectingPolygon, {
-    ignoreSelfIntersections: true,
+    ignoreSelfIntersections: false,
   });
   t.true(
     result,
     "[true] " +
-      "selfIntersectingLineString-Polygon (ignoreSelfIntersections=true)"
+      "selfIntersectingLineString-Polygon (ignoreSelfIntersections=false)"
   );
   result = intersects(selfIntersectingLineString, nonIntersectingPolygon, {
-    ignoreSelfIntersections: true,
+    ignoreSelfIntersections: false,
   });
-  t.false(
+  t.true(
     result,
-    "[false] " +
-      "selfIntersectingLineString-Polygon (ignoreSelfIntersections=true)"
+    "[true] " +
+      "selfIntersectingLineString-Polygon (ignoreSelfIntersections=false)"
   );
 
   t.end();