diff --git a/config/site_settings.yml b/config/site_settings.yml
index 6cf5482ff7f..f51e6998c08 100644
--- a/config/site_settings.yml
+++ b/config/site_settings.yml
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ security:
     default: ''
   blacklisted_crawler_user_agents:
     type: list
-    default: ''
+    default: 'mauibot'
   slow_down_crawler_user_agents:
     type: list
     default: 'bingbot'