diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/tunnel/pool/BuildRequestor.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/tunnel/pool/BuildRequestor.java
index d6c3e0a5f3f276847152be2bf46b5d44837b72ca..6a4f150819cf802ef9be7e9a6fd3a225f43df3d2 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/tunnel/pool/BuildRequestor.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/tunnel/pool/BuildRequestor.java
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class BuildRequestor {
     
     private static final String MIN_VARIABLE_VERSION = "0.7.12";
     /** change this to true in 0.7.13 if testing goes well */
-    private static final boolean SEND_VARIABLE = false;
+    private static final boolean SEND_VARIABLE = true;
     /** 5 (~2600 bytes) fits nicely in 3 tunnel messages */
     private static final int SHORT_RECORDS = 5;
     private static final int LONG_RECORDS = TunnelBuildMessage.MAX_RECORD_COUNT;