diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ConfigReseedHelper.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ConfigReseedHelper.java
index ec5337cc5138d03ec8e0d86f2520a0cce0a40684..249f5de59bb1a981bb0e3820ee7f5868138c73a7 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ConfigReseedHelper.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ConfigReseedHelper.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class ConfigReseedHelper extends HelperBase {
 
     public String modeChecked(int mode) {
         boolean required =  _context.getBooleanProperty(Reseeder.PROP_SSL_REQUIRED);
-        boolean disabled =  _context.getBooleanProperty(Reseeder.PROP_SSL_DISABLE);
+        boolean disabled =  _context.getBooleanPropertyDefaultTrue(Reseeder.PROP_SSL_DISABLE);
         if ((mode == 0 && (!disabled) && (!required)) ||
             (mode == 1 && (!disabled) && required) ||
             (mode == 2 && disabled))
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/reseed/Reseeder.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/reseed/Reseeder.java
index 4c4c2ce91fe92be6ff88750f46ed1da878e3c092..9677821b2d5b1ff4f6910eb26506393af2bf2078 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/reseed/Reseeder.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/reseed/Reseeder.java
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public class Reseeder {
             List<String> URLList = new ArrayList();
             String URLs = _context.getProperty(PROP_RESEED_URL);
             boolean defaulted = URLs == null;
-            boolean SSLDisable = _context.getBooleanProperty(PROP_SSL_DISABLE);
+            boolean SSLDisable = _context.getBooleanPropertyDefaultTrue(PROP_SSL_DISABLE);
             if (defaulted) {
                 if (SSLDisable)
                     URLs = DEFAULT_SEED_URL;