diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cfae693..ae5ef54 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 Gemfile.lock
 FileList
 .scannerwork
-.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode
+.puppet-lint.rc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 2eee3ef..0902c2a 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class confdroid_apache::params (
   String $ae_target_service  = '/etc/nagios/conf.d/httpd_service.cfg',
 
 # firewall
-  Boolean $ae_manage_fw       = false,
+  Boolean $ae_manage_fw       = true,
   String $ae_order_no        = '50',
   String $ae_http_port       = '80',
   String $ae_https_port      = '443',