diff --git a/lib/rspec-puppet-facts.rb b/lib/rspec-puppet-facts.rb
index 2c7b5d83..6cb06adf 100644
--- a/lib/rspec-puppet-facts.rb
+++ b/lib/rspec-puppet-facts.rb
@@ -426,5 +426,5 @@ def self.facter_version_for_puppet_version(puppet_version)
 
 RSpec.configure do |c|
   c.add_setting :default_facter_version, default: RspecPuppetFacts.facter_version_for_puppet_version(Puppet.version)
-  c.add_setting :facterdb_string_keys, default: false
+  c.add_setting :facterdb_string_keys, default: true
 end