diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/NodeClientFactoryBean.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/NodeClientFactoryBean.java
index 9db1c1660..337c0ef05 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/NodeClientFactoryBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/NodeClientFactoryBean.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class NodeClientFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<NodeClient>, Initializ
 
     @Override
     public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
-        nodeClient = (NodeClient) nodeBuilder().local(this.local).data(this.purgeDataOnShutdown).node().client();
+        nodeClient = (NodeClient) nodeBuilder().local(this.local).data(!this.purgeDataOnShutdown).node().client();
     }
 
     public void setLocal(boolean local) {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/spring-elasticsearch-1.0.xsd b/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/spring-elasticsearch-1.0.xsd
index e758eacef..3f44b947e 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/spring-elasticsearch-1.0.xsd
+++ b/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/spring-elasticsearch-1.0.xsd
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
             <xsd:complexContent>
                 <xsd:extension base="beans:identifiedType">
                     <xsd:attribute name="local" type="xsd:boolean" default="false"/>
-                    <xsd:attribute name="purge-data-on-shutdown" type="xsd:boolean" default="false"/>
+                    <xsd:attribute name="purge-data-on-shutdown" type="xsd:boolean" default="true"/>
                 </xsd:extension>
             </xsd:complexContent>
         </xsd:complexType>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/infrastructure.xml b/src/test/resources/infrastructure.xml
index 0e2ef2b1e..20c173d08 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/infrastructure.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/infrastructure.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/elasticsearch http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/elasticsearch/spring-elasticsearch.xsd
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
 
-    <elasticsearch:node-client id="client" local="true" purge-data-on-shutdown="false" />
+    <elasticsearch:node-client id="client" local="true" purge-data-on-shutdown="true" />
 
 </beans>
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