diff --git a/webtrees/config.json b/webtrees/config.json
index 82b8c1e66..290a36053 100644
--- a/webtrees/config.json
+++ b/webtrees/config.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "PORT": "80",
     "WEBTREES_HOME": "/data/webtrees",
     "DB_PREFIX": "wt_",
-    "PRETTY_URLS": "0",
+    "PRETTY_URLS": "1",
     "DB_HOST": "http://127.0.0.1",
     "DB_PORT": "80",
     "DB_USER": "databaseuser",