diff --git a/bbb-apply-config.yml b/bbb-apply-config.yml
index 423dc80b09168ee7bc7e34b24bf9664866d7b0f9..31c441096cbc3e62f1ba495241b9b5edd509107c 100644
--- a/bbb-apply-config.yml
+++ b/bbb-apply-config.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 - name: Apply local BBB configuration
   hosts: bigbluebutton
   become: yes
-  vars:
-    enable_recording: false
   tasks:
   - name: We are alive
     debug:
@@ -48,23 +46,23 @@
   #
   # recording
   #
-  - name: disable recording button
+  - name: enable/disable recording button
     lineinfile:
         path: /usr/share/bbb-web/WEB-INF/classes/bigbluebutton.properties
         regexp: '^allowStartStopRecording=.*'
-        line: 'allowStartStopRecording={{ enable_recording }}'
+        line: 'allowStartStopRecording=false'
 
-  - name: disable recording auto start
+  - name: enable/disable recording auto start
     lineinfile:
         path: /usr/share/bbb-web/WEB-INF/classes/bigbluebutton.properties
         regexp: '^autoStartRecording=.*'
-        line: 'autoStartRecording=true'
+        line: 'autoStartRecording=false'
 
-  - name: disable recording generally, even if record param in api set to record
+  - name: disable/enable recording generally, even if record param in api set to record
     lineinfile:
         path: /usr/share/bbb-web/WEB-INF/classes/bigbluebutton.properties
         regexp: '^disableRecordingDefault=.*'
-        line: 'disableRecordingDefault=false'
+        line: 'disableRecordingDefault=true'
 
 
   #