diff --git a/sflphone-common/src/account.cpp b/sflphone-common/src/account.cpp
index 329166a30dc21539def1d66ed28b8fe393e0a969..100308a7177b317cc5fffa9bdb24ebfb597b88e5 100644
--- a/sflphone-common/src/account.cpp
+++ b/sflphone-common/src/account.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 Account::Account (const AccountID& accountID, std::string type) :
 	_accountID (accountID)
 	, _link (NULL)
-	, _enabled (false)
+	, _enabled (true)
 	, _type (type)
 	, _codecOrder ()
 	, _startupCodecStr("")