diff --git a/Xdefaults b/Xdefaults
index 382f35c..6563dd6 100644
--- a/Xdefaults
+++ b/Xdefaults
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ XTerm*font: 9x15bold
 XTerm*Scrollbar*background: white
 XTerm*Scrollbar*foreground: grey
 XTerm*eightBitInput: false
-XTerm*eightBitControl: true
+XTerm*eightBitControl: false
 XTerm*eightBitOutput:  true
 XTerm*utf8: 0