diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/network/ingress-nginx/external/helmrelease.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/network/ingress-nginx/external/helmrelease.yaml
index 9e7d1045..3ddec105 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/network/ingress-nginx/external/helmrelease.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/network/ingress-nginx/external/helmrelease.yaml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ spec:
 
       ingressClassResource:
         name: external-nginx
-        default: true
+        default: false
 
       config:
         block-user-agents: "GPTBot,~*GPTBot*,ChatGPT-User,~*ChatGPT-User*,Google-Extended,~*Google-Extended*,CCBot,~*CCBot*,Omgilibot,~*Omgilibot*,FacebookBot,~*FacebookBot*" # taken from https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/blob/main/internal/web/robots.go