diff --git a/brownie/data/default-config.yaml b/brownie/data/default-config.yaml
index a0c5ad16f..10d4fb7c4 100644
--- a/brownie/data/default-config.yaml
+++ b/brownie/data/default-config.yaml
@@ -71,3 +71,4 @@ hypothesis:
 autofetch_sources: false
 dependencies: null
 dev_deployment_artifacts: false
+eager_caching: false