diff --git a/creator-node/src/config.js b/creator-node/src/config.js
index 7fa00478ee3..0fb5da60255 100644
--- a/creator-node/src/config.js
+++ b/creator-node/src/config.js
@@ -745,10 +745,10 @@ const config = convict({
     default: ''
   },
   reconfigSPIdBlacklistString: {
-    doc: 'A comma separated list of sp ids of nodes to not reconfig onto. Used to create the `reconfigSPIdBlacklist` number[] config',
+    doc: 'A comma separated list of sp ids of nodes to not reconfig onto. Used to create the `reconfigSPIdBlacklist` number[] config. Defaulted to prod foundation nodes.',
     format: String,
     env: 'reconfigSPIdBlacklistString',
-    default: ''
+    default: '1,2,3,4,27'
   }
   /**
    * unsupported options at the moment