diff --git a/src/main/java/se/bjurr/gitchangelog/api/GitChangelogApiConstants.java b/src/main/java/se/bjurr/gitchangelog/api/GitChangelogApiConstants.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/main/java/se/bjurr/gitchangelog/api/GitChangelogApiConstants.java
+++ b/src/main/java/se/bjurr/gitchangelog/api/GitChangelogApiConstants.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ public final class GitChangelogApiConstants {
 
   public static final String ZERO_COMMIT = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000";
   public static final String REF_MASTER = "master";
-  public static final boolean DEFAULT_REMOVE_ISSUE = true;
+  public static final boolean DEFAULT_REMOVE_ISSUE = false;
   public static final String DEFAULT_TIMEZONE = "UTC";
   public static final String DEFAULT_DATEFORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";
   public static final String DEFAULT_IGNORE_COMMITS_REGEXP = "";
fix: not removing issue from message by default