diff --git a/preferences.xml b/preferences.xml
index adb0487e9..95cf9f9df 100644
--- a/preferences.xml
+++ b/preferences.xml
@@ -714,12 +714,12 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
   </params>
 
   <wildfire>
-   <enabled type="bool" userarchive="y">true</enabled>
+   <enabled type="bool" userarchive="y">false</enabled>
    <share-events type="bool" userarchive="y">false</share-events>
    <save-on-exit type="bool" userarchive="y">false</save-on-exit>
    <restore-on-startup type="bool" userarchive="y">false</restore-on-startup>
-   <fire-on-crash type="bool" userarchive="y">true</fire-on-crash>
-   <report-score type="bool" userarchive="y">true</report-score>
+   <fire-on-crash type="bool" userarchive="y">false</fire-on-crash>
+   <report-score type="bool" userarchive="y">false</report-score>
    <data type="string"/>
   </wildfire>