diff --git a/dist/src/main/conf/jobs/profile-defaults/profile-crawler-beans.cxml b/dist/src/main/conf/jobs/profile-defaults/profile-crawler-beans.cxml
index 826fbc9d..dcf74cdd 100644
--- a/dist/src/main/conf/jobs/profile-defaults/profile-crawler-beans.cxml
+++ b/dist/src/main/conf/jobs/profile-defaults/profile-crawler-beans.cxml
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ http://example.example/example
     </bean>
     <!-- ...and REJECT those from a configurable (initially empty) set of URI regexes... -->
     <bean class="org.archive.modules.deciderules.MatchesListRegexDecideRule">
+          <property name="decision" value="REJECT"/>
      <!-- <property name="listLogicalOr" value="true" /> -->
      <!-- <property name="regexList">
            <list>
diff --git a/engine/src/main/resources/org/archive/crawler/restlet/profile-crawler-beans.cxml b/engine/src/main/resources/org/archive/crawler/restlet/profile-crawler-beans.cxml
index f4b4ed23..3e6f90ad 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/resources/org/archive/crawler/restlet/profile-crawler-beans.cxml
+++ b/engine/src/main/resources/org/archive/crawler/restlet/profile-crawler-beans.cxml
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ http://example.example/example
     </bean>
     <!-- ...and REJECT those from a configurable (initially empty) set of URI regexes... -->
     <bean class="org.archive.modules.deciderules.MatchesListRegexDecideRule">
+          <property name="decision" value="REJECT"/>
      <!-- <property name="listLogicalOr" value="true" /> -->
      <!-- <property name="regexList">
            <list>