diff --git a/src/paxcounter_orig.conf b/src/paxcounter_orig.conf
index a174d819..06a1e624 100644
--- a/src/paxcounter_orig.conf
+++ b/src/paxcounter_orig.conf
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // Payload send cycle and encoding
 #define SENDCYCLE                       30      // payload send cycle [seconds/2], 0 .. 255
 #define PAYLOAD_ENCODER                 2       // payload encoder: 1=Plain, 2=Packed, 3=Cayenne LPP dynamic, 4=Cayenne LPP packed
-#define COUNTERMODE                     1       // 0=cyclic, 1=cumulative, 2=cyclic confirmed
+#define COUNTERMODE                     0       // 0=cyclic, 1=cumulative, 2=cyclic confirmed
 
 // Set this to include BLE counting and vendor filter functions, or to switch off WIFI counting
 #define VENDORFILTER                    0       // set to 0 if you want to scan all devices, not filtering smartphone OUIs