diff --git a/config.md b/config.md
index 5d67ba4..56e8d20 100644
--- a/config.md
+++ b/config.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 |Key|Description|Type|Default Value|
 |---|-----------|----|-------------|
 |blockQueueLength|Internal queue length for notifying the confirmations manager of new blocks|`int`|`50`
-|fetchReceiptUponEntry|Fetch receipt of new transactions immediately when they are added to the internal queue. When set to false, fetch will only happen when a new block is received or the transaction has been queue for more than the stale receipt timeout|`boolean`|`true`
+|fetchReceiptUponEntry|Fetch receipt of new transactions immediately when they are added to the internal queue. When set to false, fetch will only happen when a new block is received or the transaction has been queue for more than the stale receipt timeout|`boolean`|`false`
 |notificationQueueLength|Internal queue length for notifying the confirmations manager of new transactions/events|`int`|`50`
 |receiptWorkers|Number of workers to use to query in parallel for receipts|`int`|`10`
 |required|Number of confirmations required to consider a transaction/event final|`int`|`20`
diff --git a/internal/confirmations/confirmations_test.go b/internal/confirmations/confirmations_test.go
index aae412e..39d2dd8 100644
--- a/internal/confirmations/confirmations_test.go
+++ b/internal/confirmations/confirmations_test.go
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ func TestBlockConfirmationManagerE2EForkReNotifyConfirmations(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestBlockConfirmationManagerE2ETransactionMovedFork(t *testing.T) {
 	bcm, mca := newTestBlockConfirmationManager(t, true)
+	bcm.fetchReceiptUponEntry = true // mark fetch receipt upon entry to do a fetch receipt before any blocks were retrieved
 
 	confirmed := make(chan *apitypes.ConfirmationsNotification, 1)
 	receiptReceived := make(chan *ffcapi.TransactionReceiptResponse, 1)
@@ -643,7 +644,7 @@ func TestBlockConfirmationManagerE2ETransactionMovedFork(t *testing.T) {
 	bcm.Stop()
 
 	mca.AssertExpectations(t)
-
+	// false
 }
 
 func TestBlockConfirmationManagerE2EHistoricalEvent(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/tmconfig/tmconfig.go b/internal/tmconfig/tmconfig.go
index a03f418..cf87770 100644
--- a/internal/tmconfig/tmconfig.go
+++ b/internal/tmconfig/tmconfig.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func setDefaults() {
 	viper.SetDefault(string(ConfirmationsRetryInitDelay), "100ms")
 	viper.SetDefault(string(ConfirmationsRetryMaxDelay), "15s")
 	viper.SetDefault(string(ConfirmationsRetryFactor), 2.0)
-	viper.SetDefault(string(ConfirmationsFetchReceiptUponEntry), true)
+	viper.SetDefault(string(ConfirmationsFetchReceiptUponEntry), false)
 
 	viper.SetDefault(string(EventStreamsDefaultsBatchSize), 50)
 	viper.SetDefault(string(EventStreamsDefaultsBatchTimeout), "5s")