diff --git a/config/site_settings.yml b/config/site_settings.yml
index 6a2cf5f3fc8..744ae92ba5b 100644
--- a/config/site_settings.yml
+++ b/config/site_settings.yml
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ email:
   pop3_polling_username: ''
   pop3_polling_password: ''
   log_mail_processing_failures: false
-  incoming_email_prefer_html: false
+  incoming_email_prefer_html: true
   email_in:
     default: false
     client: true