diff --git a/electron_app/riot.im/config.json b/electron_app/riot.im/config.json
index 5b2fe37ba..099db1b57 100644
--- a/electron_app/riot.im/config.json
+++ b/electron_app/riot.im/config.json
@@ -19,5 +19,8 @@
     "piwik": {
         "url": "https://piwik.riot.im/",
         "siteId": 1
+    },
+    "enable_presence_by_hs_url": {
+        "https://matrix.org": false
     }
 }