diff --git a/config/danbooru_default_config.rb b/config/danbooru_default_config.rb
index a0acfab25..f61505895 100644
--- a/config/danbooru_default_config.rb
+++ b/config/danbooru_default_config.rb
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ module Danbooru
 
     # enable some (donmai-specific) optimizations for post counts
     def estimate_post_counts
-      true
+      false
     end
 
     # listbooru options