diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 91412bbc3..1d0ffdb0b 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
     // Generate coins in the background
     if (pwalletMain)
-        GenerateBitcoins(GetBoolArg("-gen", true), pwalletMain, GetArg("-genproclimit", 1));
+        GenerateBitcoins(GetBoolArg("-gen", false), pwalletMain, GetArg("-genproclimit", 1));
 #endif
 
     // ********************************************************* Step 11: finished