diff --git a/src_cpp/py_database.cpp b/src_cpp/py_database.cpp
index 8281610..0c6340d 100644
--- a/src_cpp/py_database.cpp
+++ b/src_cpp/py_database.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ void PyDatabase::initialize(py::handle& m) {
             py::arg("read_only") = false, py::arg("max_db_size") = -1u,
             py::arg("auto_checkpoint") = true, py::arg("checkpoint_threshold") = -1,
             py::arg("throw_on_wal_replay_failure") = true, py::arg("enable_checksums") = true,
-            py::arg("enable_multi_writes") = false)
+            py::arg("enable_multi_writes") = true)
         .def("scan_node_table_as_int64", &PyDatabase::scanNodeTable<std::int64_t>,
             py::arg("table_name"), py::arg("prop_name"), py::arg("indices"), py::arg("np_array"),
             py::arg("num_threads"))
diff --git a/src_py/_lbug_capi.py b/src_py/_lbug_capi.py
index 95806a6..bf0324f 100644
--- a/src_py/_lbug_capi.py
+++ b/src_py/_lbug_capi.py
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ def __init__(
         checkpoint_threshold: int = -1,
         throw_on_wal_replay_failure: bool = True,
         enable_checksums: bool = True,
-        enable_multi_writes: bool = False,
+        enable_multi_writes: bool = True,
     ):
         self._database = _LbugDatabase()
         config = _LIB.lbug_default_system_config()
diff --git a/src_py/database.py b/src_py/database.py
index f0e2025..4c0a14c 100644
--- a/src_py/database.py
+++ b/src_py/database.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def __init__(
         checkpoint_threshold: int = -1,
         throw_on_wal_replay_failure: bool = True,
         enable_checksums: bool = True,
-        enable_multi_writes: bool = False,
+        enable_multi_writes: bool = True,
         backend: str = "auto",
     ):
         """
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def __init__(
             WAL file.
 
         enable_multi_writes: bool
-            If true, multiple concurrent write transactions are allowed. Default to False.
+            If true, multiple concurrent write transactions are allowed. Default to True.
 
         backend : {"auto", "capi", "pybind"}
             Backend to use for database/query execution.