diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e6c621d..6fae27d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         "playerEjectTicks": 200.0, // The ticks the game waits before kicking you out of a boat after the player lost control
         "boostUnderwater": true, // Toggles, whether a boat, which is underwater should be boosted upwards
         "boostOnBlocks": false, // Toggles, whether a boat, which is on a block should be boosted upwards when running against an elevation
-        "boostOnIce": true, // Toggles, whether a boat, which is on an ice block should be boosted upwards when running against an elevation
+        "boostOnIce": false, // Toggles, whether a boat, should only be boosted on blocks, when laying on an ice block.
         "boostOnWater": true, // Toggles, whether a boat, which is on water should be boosted upwards when floating against an elevation
         "onlyForPlayers": true, // Toggles, whether a boat should only be boosted when carrying a player,
         "extraCollisionDetectionRange": 0.5 // Changes the detection range of a collision. Increasing this will boost a boat x blocks before actually touching the block it approaches.
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 5ac6e2e..e20879b 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 - migrate to kotlin-lang-forge
 - migrate all network namespaces from 'better-boat-movement' to 'bbm'
-- remove config from forge environments
\ No newline at end of file
+- remove config from forge environments
+- improve boostOnIce description
+- set boostOnIce by default to false to prevent issues with getting boosted on different blocks than ice
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index f5d3e78..ad2cdd2 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ mod.id=bbm
 mod.name=BetterBoatMovement
 mod.description=Increases boat step height to move up water and blocks
 mod.beta=0
-mod.major-version=2.2.4
+mod.major-version=2.2.5
 mod.mixins=bbm.mixins.json
 mod.supported-loaders=fabric,quilt,neoforge,forge
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/dev/nyon/bbm/config/Config.kt b/src/main/kotlin/dev/nyon/bbm/config/Config.kt
index 30af7b2..0a526ac 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/dev/nyon/bbm/config/Config.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/dev/nyon/bbm/config/Config.kt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ data class Config(
     var playerEjectTicks: Float = 20f * 10f,
     var boostUnderwater: Boolean = true,
     var boostOnBlocks: Boolean = true,
-    var boostOnIce: Boolean = true,
+    var boostOnIce: Boolean = false,
     var boostOnWater: Boolean = true,
     var onlyForPlayers: Boolean = true,
     var extraCollisionDetectionRange: Double = 0.5
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ data class Config(
     var playerEjectTicks: Float = 20f * 10f,
     var boostUnderwater: Boolean = true,
     var boostOnBlocks: Boolean = true,
-    var boostOnIce: Boolean = true,
+    var boostOnIce: Boolean = false,
     var boostOnWater: Boolean = true,
     var onlyForPlayers: Boolean = true,
     var extraCollisionDetectionRange: Double = 0.5
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ data class Config(
     var playerEjectTicks: Float = 20f * 10f,
     var boostUnderwater: Boolean = true,
     var boostOnBlocks: Boolean = true,
-    var boostOnIce: Boolean = true,
+    var boostOnIce: Boolean = false,
     var boostOnWater: Boolean = true,
     var onlyForPlayers: Boolean = true,
     var extraCollisionDetectionRange: Double = 0.5
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ data class Config(
     var playerEjectTicks: Float = 20f * 10f,
     var boostUnderwater: Boolean = true,
     var boostOnBlocks: Boolean = true,
-    var boostOnIce: Boolean = true,
+    var boostOnIce: Boolean = false,
     var boostOnWater: Boolean = true,
     var onlyForPlayers: Boolean = true,
     var extraCollisionDetectionRange: Double = 0.5
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/dev/nyon/bbm/config/ConfigScreen.kt b/src/main/kotlin/dev/nyon/bbm/config/ConfigScreen.kt
index 9ded61b..3216fd6 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/dev/nyon/bbm/config/ConfigScreen.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/dev/nyon/bbm/config/ConfigScreen.kt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ fun generateYaclScreen(parent: Screen?): Screen = YetAnotherConfigLib("bbm") {
         }
 
         val boostOnIce by rootOptions.registering {
-            binding(true, { config.boostOnIce }, { config.boostOnIce = it })
+            binding(false, { config.boostOnIce }, { config.boostOnIce = it })
             controller = tickBox()
             descriptionBuilder {
                 addDefaultText(1)
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/bbm/lang/en_us.json b/src/main/resources/assets/bbm/lang/en_us.json
index d3eb078..13cbae1 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/bbm/lang/en_us.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/bbm/lang/en_us.json
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
     "yacl3.config.bbm.category.general.root.option.boostUnderwater.description": "Toggles, whether a boat, which is underwater should be boosted upwards.",
     "yacl3.config.bbm.category.general.root.option.boostOnBlocks": "Boost on blocks",
     "yacl3.config.bbm.category.general.root.option.boostOnBlocks.description": "Toggles, whether a boat, which is on a block should be boosted upwards when running against an elevation.",
-    "yacl3.config.bbm.category.general.root.option.boostOnIce": "Boost on ice",
-    "yacl3.config.bbm.category.general.root.option.boostOnIce.description": "Toggles, whether a boat, which is on an ice block should be boosted upwards when running against an elevation.",
+    "yacl3.config.bbm.category.general.root.option.boostOnIce": "Only boost on ice",
+    "yacl3.config.bbm.category.general.root.option.boostOnIce.description": "Toggles, whether a boat, should only be boosted on blocks, when laying on an ice block.",
     "yacl3.config.bbm.category.general.root.option.boostOnWater": "Boost on water",
     "yacl3.config.bbm.category.general.root.option.boostOnWater.description": "Toggles, whether a boat, which is on water should be boosted upwards when floating against an elevation.",
     "yacl3.config.bbm.category.general.root.option.onlyForPlayers": "Only for players",