diff --git a/plugins/chain_plugin/include/eosio/chain_plugin/chain_plugin.hpp b/plugins/chain_plugin/include/eosio/chain_plugin/chain_plugin.hpp
index ab9081fbd91..b7caa85ae13 100644
--- a/plugins/chain_plugin/include/eosio/chain_plugin/chain_plugin.hpp
+++ b/plugins/chain_plugin/include/eosio/chain_plugin/chain_plugin.hpp
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class read_only {
 
    struct get_code_params {
       name account_name;
-      bool code_as_wasm = false;
+      bool code_as_wasm = true;
    };
 
    struct get_code_hash_results {