diff --git a/settings.json.template b/settings.json.template
index 598f07611..161b83983 100644
--- a/settings.json.template
+++ b/settings.json.template
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
    * - "colibris": the new experimental skin (since Etherpad 1.8), candidate to
    *               become the default in Etherpad 2.0
    */
-  "skinName": "no-skin",
+  "skinName": "colibris",
 
   /*
    * IP and port which etherpad should bind at