diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/store/kahadb/MessageDatabase.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/store/kahadb/MessageDatabase.java
index dd1307936c..35b296cc88 100644
--- a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/store/kahadb/MessageDatabase.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/store/kahadb/MessageDatabase.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public class MessageDatabase {
     protected boolean deleteAllMessages;
     protected File directory;
     protected Thread checkpointThread;
-    protected boolean enableJournalDiskSyncs=false;
+    protected boolean enableJournalDiskSyncs=true;
     long checkpointInterval = 5*1000;
     long cleanupInterval = 30*1000;
     int journalMaxFileLength = Journal.DEFAULT_MAX_FILE_LENGTH;
diff --git a/assembly/src/sample-conf/activemq-throughput.xml b/assembly/src/sample-conf/activemq-throughput.xml
index 62d0f81216..0bb5fd3f00 100644
--- a/assembly/src/sample-conf/activemq-throughput.xml
+++ b/assembly/src/sample-conf/activemq-throughput.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
             http://activemq.apache.org/kahadb.html
         -->
         <persistenceAdapter>
-            <kahaDB directory="${activemq.base}/data/kahadb" indexWriteBatchSize="10000" />
+            <kahaDB directory="${activemq.base}/data/kahadb" enableJournalDiskSyncs="false" indexWriteBatchSize="10000" />
         </persistenceAdapter>
 
         <!--