diff --git a/lib/config/index.js b/lib/config/index.js
index 8705b10..ac03fcd 100644
--- a/lib/config/index.js
+++ b/lib/config/index.js
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ if (config.sessionSecret === 'secret') {
 // Validate upload upload providers
 if (['filesystem', 's3', 'minio', 'imgur', 'azure'].indexOf(config.imageUploadType) === -1) {
   logger.error('"imageuploadtype" is not correctly set. Please use "filesystem", "s3", "minio", "azure" or "imgur". Defaulting to "imgur"')
-  config.imageUploadType = 'imgur'
+  config.imageUploadType = 'filesystem'
 }
 
 // figure out mime types for image uploads