diff --git a/defaults.ethlogger.yaml b/defaults.ethlogger.yaml
index 6cabc67..186b59f 100644
--- a/defaults.ethlogger.yaml
+++ b/defaults.ethlogger.yaml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ abi:
     fingerprintContracts: true
     requireContractMatch: true
     decodeAnonymous: true
-    reconcileStructShapeFromTuples: false
+    reconcileStructShapeFromTuples: true
 contractInfo:
     maxCacheEntries: 25000
 blockWatcher:
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index dc1fe55..e53c8fe 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ export async function loadEthloggerConfig(flags: CliFlags, dryRun: boolean = fal
             fingerprintContracts: defaults.abi?.fingerprintContracts ?? true,
             requireContractMatch: defaults.abi?.requireContractMatch ?? true,
             decodeAnonymous: defaults.abi?.decodeAnonymous ?? true,
-            reconcileStructShapeFromTuples: defaults.abi?.reconcileStructShapeFromTuples ?? false,
+            reconcileStructShapeFromTuples: defaults.abi?.reconcileStructShapeFromTuples ?? true,
         },
         blockWatcher: {
             enabled:
diff --git a/test/config.test.ts b/test/config.test.ts
index a703068..4efb70f 100644
--- a/test/config.test.ts
+++ b/test/config.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ test('defaults', async () => {
                     "decodeAnonymous": true,
                     "directory": undefined,
                     "fingerprintContracts": true,
-                    "reconcileStructShapeFromTuples": false,
+                    "reconcileStructShapeFromTuples": true,
                     "requireContractMatch": true,
                   },
                   "blockWatcher": Object {