diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 03c5575..b0b99dd 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ $hy_https_port                = '443',
 $hy_chroot                    = '/var/lib/haproxy',
 $hy_pid                       = '/var/run/haproxy.pid',
 $hy_maxconn                   = '4000',
-$hy_show_stats                = true,
+$hy_show_stats                = false,
 $hy_stats_socket              = '/var/lib/haproxy/stats',
 $hy_default_mode              = 'tcp',
 $hy_use_http_server_close     = false,