diff --git a/extensions/applicationinsights-properties-js/Tests/Unit/src/properties.tests.ts b/extensions/applicationinsights-properties-js/Tests/Unit/src/properties.tests.ts
index eff8fdd04..7a2cde097 100644
--- a/extensions/applicationinsights-properties-js/Tests/Unit/src/properties.tests.ts
+++ b/extensions/applicationinsights-properties-js/Tests/Unit/src/properties.tests.ts
@@ -634,18 +634,20 @@ export class PropertiesTests extends AITestClass {
         });
 
         this.testCase({
-            name: 'User: track is triggered if user context is first time initialized',
+            name: 'User: track is triggered if user context is first time initialized and _disableUserInitMessage is set to false',
+            useFakeTimers: true,
             test: () => {
-                // setup
                 var setCookieStub = this.sandbox.stub(this as any, "_setCookie").callsFake(() => {});
-                var loggingStub = this.sandbox.stub(this.core.logger, "logInternalMessage");
-
-                // Act
                 Assert.ok(setCookieStub.notCalled, 'Cookie not yet generated');
-                Assert.ok(loggingStub.notCalled, 'logInternalMessage is not yet triggered');
-                this.properties.initialize(this.getEmptyConfig(), this.core, []);
+                this.core.initialize(this.getEmptyConfig(), [this.properties]);
                 Assert.ok(setCookieStub.called, 'Cookie generated');
 
+                var loggingStub = this.sandbox.stub(this.core.logger, "logInternalMessage");
+                Assert.ok(loggingStub.notCalled, 'logInternalMessage is not yet triggered');
+
+                this.core.config["disableUserInitMessage"] = false;
+                this.clock.tick(1000);
+
                 // Assert
                 Assert.equal(true, this.properties.context.user.isNewUser, 'current user is a new user');
                 const item: ITelemetryItem = {name: 'item'};
diff --git a/extensions/applicationinsights-properties-js/src/PropertiesPlugin.ts b/extensions/applicationinsights-properties-js/src/PropertiesPlugin.ts
index c24e9c7a1..842e620d9 100644
--- a/extensions/applicationinsights-properties-js/src/PropertiesPlugin.ts
+++ b/extensions/applicationinsights-properties-js/src/PropertiesPlugin.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export default class PropertiesPlugin extends BaseTelemetryPlugin implements IPr
                 _distributedTraceCtx = null;
                 _previousTraceCtx = null;
                 _context = null;
-                _disableUserInitMessage = false;
+                _disableUserInitMessage = true;
             }
 
             function _populateDefaults(config: IConfiguration & IConfig) {
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ export default class PropertiesPlugin extends BaseTelemetryPlugin implements IPr
                     if (config.storagePrefix){
                         utlSetStoragePrefix(config.storagePrefix);
                     }
-                    _disableUserInitMessage = config.disableUserInitMessage || false;
+                    _disableUserInitMessage = config.disableUserInitMessage === false ? false : true;
                     _extensionConfig = ctx.getExtCfg(identifier, _defaultConfig);
 
                     // Test hook to allow accessing the internal values -- explicitly not defined as an available property on the class