diff --git a/intg/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/AtlasConfiguration.java b/intg/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/AtlasConfiguration.java
index 9390f3959ac..6735cb4c8a3 100644
--- a/intg/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/AtlasConfiguration.java
+++ b/intg/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/AtlasConfiguration.java
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public enum AtlasConfiguration {
     /***
      *  enables parallel processing of janus graph vertices from cassandra
      */
-    ENABLE_JANUS_GRAPH_OPTIMISATION("atlas.janus.graph.optimisation.enable", false),
+    ENABLE_JANUS_GRAPH_OPTIMISATION("atlas.janus.graph.optimisation.enable", true),
 
     /**
      * No. of threads to be spawned for parallel processing