diff --git a/ants/utils/quantile.py b/ants/utils/quantile.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/ants/utils/quantile.py
+++ b/ants/utils/quantile.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from .. import utils
 from .. import core
 
 
-def rank_intensity( x, mask=None, get_mask=True, method='max',  ):
+def rank_intensity( x, mask=None, get_mask=False, method='max',  ):
     """
     Rank transform the intensity of the input image with or without masking.
     Intensities will transform from [0,1,2,55] to [0,1,2,3] so this may not be
BUG: was masking be default.  Dammit!