diff --git a/conf/ldap.properties b/conf/ldap.properties
index a711d75..f537a86 100644
--- a/conf/ldap.properties
+++ b/conf/ldap.properties
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 ## Connection properties ##
 idp.authn.LDAP.ldapURL=ldap://localhost:10389
-#idp.authn.LDAP.useStartTLS                     = true
+idp.authn.LDAP.useStartTLS                     = false
 # Time to wait for startTLS responses
 #idp.authn.LDAP.startTLSTimeout                 = PT3S
 # Time to wait for connections to open