diff --git a/common/appspawn_server.c b/common/appspawn_server.c
index 6b0fdf11a1f4fae0f0240419d2cec13f34c7a995..ee668bca136821c2af065d747ffa5c5ab79e3a6d 100644
--- a/common/appspawn_server.c
+++ b/common/appspawn_server.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static int AppSpawnChildRun(void *arg)
 static int AppSpawnChild(void *arg)
 {
     char checkExit[16] = ""; // 16 is enough to store an int
-    if (GetIntParameter("persist.init.debug.checkexit", true)) {
+    if (GetIntParameter("persist.init.debug.checkexit", false)) {
         (void)sprintf_s(checkExit, sizeof(checkExit), "%d", getpid());
     }
     setenv(APPSPAWN_CHECK_EXIT, checkExit, true);