diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 7d78c7b31f..b5e1999a59 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ var (
 	SnapshotFlag    = &cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:     "snapshot",
 		Usage:    `Enables snapshot-database mode (default = enable)`,
-		Value:    true,
+		Value:    false,
 		Category: flags.EthCategory,
 	}
 	LightKDFFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
@@ -1738,7 +1738,7 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 	if ctx.IsSet(CacheLogSizeFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.FilterLogCacheSize = ctx.Int(CacheLogSizeFlag.Name)
 	}
-	if !ctx.Bool(SnapshotFlag.Name) || cfg.SnapshotCache == 0 {
+	if ctx.Bool(SnapshotFlag.Name) || cfg.SnapshotCache == 0 {
 		// If snap-sync is requested, this flag is also required
 		if cfg.SyncMode == downloader.SnapSync {
 			if !ctx.Bool(SnapshotFlag.Name) {
@@ -2174,7 +2174,7 @@ func MakeChain(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, readonly bool) (*core.BlockCh
 		cache.Preimages = true
 		log.Info("Enabling recording of key preimages since archive mode is used")
 	}
-	if !ctx.Bool(SnapshotFlag.Name) {
+	if ctx.Bool(SnapshotFlag.Name) {
 		cache.SnapshotLimit = 0 // Disabled
 	}
 	// If we're in readonly, do not bother generating snapshot data.