diff --git a/doc/terminator_config.5 b/doc/terminator_config.5
index 12a8b5d9..115b5499 100644
--- a/doc/terminator_config.5
+++ b/doc/terminator_config.5
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ These are the options Terminator currently supports in the global_config section
 .TP
 .B dbus
 Control whether or not Terminator will load its DBus server. When this server is loaded, running Terminator multiple times will cause the first Terminator process to open additional windows. If this configuration item is set to False, or the python dbus module is unavailable, running Terminator multiple times will run a separate Terminator process for each invocation.
-Default value: \fBTrue\fR
+Default value: \fBFalse\fR
 .TP
 .B focus
 Control how focus is given to terminals. 'click' means the focus only moves to a terminal after you click in it. 'sloppy' means the focus will follow the mouse pointer. 'system' means the focus will match that used by a GNOME window manager.
diff --git a/terminatorlib/config.py b/terminatorlib/config.py
index 4b888a96..4acd12d4 100755
--- a/terminatorlib/config.py
+++ b/terminatorlib/config.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ except ImportError:
 
 DEFAULTS = {
         'global_config':   {
-            'dbus'                  : True,
+            'dbus'                  : False,
             'focus'                 : 'click',
             'handle_size'           : -1,
             'geometry_hinting'      : True,