diff --git a/imapsync b/imapsync
index 85c956a..6dc8d59 100755
--- a/imapsync
+++ b/imapsync
@@ -1208,8 +1208,8 @@ if ( ! defined $options_good ) { exit $EX_USAGE ; }
 # the second line (ending with "1 ;") can then stay active or be commented,
 # the result will be the same: no releasecheck by default (because 0 is then the defined value).
 
-#$sync->{releasecheck} = defined  $sync->{releasecheck}  ? $sync->{releasecheck} : 0 ;
-$sync->{releasecheck} = defined  $sync->{releasecheck}  ? $sync->{releasecheck} : 1 ;
+$sync->{releasecheck} = defined  $sync->{releasecheck}  ? $sync->{releasecheck} : 0 ;
+#$sync->{releasecheck} = defined  $sync->{releasecheck}  ? $sync->{releasecheck} : 1 ;
 
 # just the version
 if ( $sync->{ version } ) {