diff --git a/src/main/java/com/vaadin/sass/SassCompiler.java b/src/main/java/com/vaadin/sass/SassCompiler.java
index 9388e03e..b3cba30a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/vaadin/sass/SassCompiler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/vaadin/sass/SassCompiler.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
                 .defaultValue("mixed").help("Set URL handling mode");
 
         argp.defineOption("minify").values("true", "false")
-                .defaultValue("true")
+                .defaultValue("false")
                 .help("Minify the compiled CSS with YUI Compressor");
 
         argp.defineOption("compress").values("true", "false")