diff --git a/actors/src/udsactor/linux/UDSActorService.py b/actors/src/udsactor/linux/UDSActorService.py
index 77469582..8fd9a4f4 100644
--- a/actors/src/udsactor/linux/UDSActorService.py
+++ b/actors/src/udsactor/linux/UDSActorService.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class UDSActorSvc(Daemon, CommonService):
         logger.debug('CFG: {}'.format(cfg))
 
         if cfg is not None:
-            self.rebootMachineAfterOp = cfg.get('reboot', False)
+            self.rebootMachineAfterOp = cfg.get('reboot', True)
         else:
             self.rebootMachineAfterOp = False