diff --git a/src/sip/sipaccount_config.cpp b/src/sip/sipaccount_config.cpp
index 9f57f5d66e1218d13528ea9d73f59b37e5e02d6c..56b48d99456601a7138e928fde24b7c760ea4646 100644
--- a/src/sip/sipaccount_config.cpp
+++ b/src/sip/sipaccount_config.cpp
@@ -267,6 +267,12 @@ SipAccountConfig::fromMap(const std::map<std::string, std::string>& details)
     parseInt(details, Conf::CONFIG_ACCOUNT_VIDEO_PORT_MAX, tmpMax);
     updateRange(tmpMin, tmpMax, videoPortRange);
 
+    // srtp settings
+    parseBool(details, Conf::CONFIG_SRTP_RTP_FALLBACK, srtpFallback);
+    auto iter = details.find(Conf::CONFIG_SRTP_KEY_EXCHANGE);
+    if (iter != details.end())
+        srtpKeyExchange = sip_utils::getKeyExchangeProtocol(iter->second);
+
     if (credentials.empty()) { // credentials not set, construct 1 entry
         JAMI_WARN("No credentials set, inferring them...");
         std::map<std::string, std::string> map;
diff --git a/src/sip/sipaccount_config.h b/src/sip/sipaccount_config.h
index b708e002cc724b8856ec013edc5089ddbe47eb0c..27ff3d96056a5fdcc24f46e79eccff6311444eef 100644
--- a/src/sip/sipaccount_config.h
+++ b/src/sip/sipaccount_config.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ struct SipAccountConfig : public SipAccountBaseConfig {
      * Specifies the type of key exchange used for SRTP, if any.
      * This only determine if the media channel is secured.
      */
-    KeyExchangeProtocol srtpKeyExchange {KeyExchangeProtocol::NONE};
+    KeyExchangeProtocol srtpKeyExchange {KeyExchangeProtocol::SDES};
 
     bool presenceEnabled {false};
     bool publishSupported {false};