diff --git a/config/settings.yml b/config/settings.yml
index 024a72945..a0bf49f47 100644
--- a/config/settings.yml
+++ b/config/settings.yml
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ cookies:
     secure: "_env:COOKIES_SECURE:true"
 
 user-defaults:
-  max-favourites:      12
+  max-favourites:      0
   max-favourite-terms: 2
   theme:               Default
   date-time-format:    "%a %d %b %Y %R"