diff --git a/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc b/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc
index 1655e0248f..cfddffe4df 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Trigger::Trigger (uint32_t n, TriggerBox& b)
 	, _use_follow (Properties::use_follow, true)
 	, _follow_action0 (Properties::follow_action0, Again)
 	, _follow_action1 (Properties::follow_action1, Stop)
-	, _follow_action_probability (Properties::follow_action_probability, 100)
+	, _follow_action_probability (Properties::follow_action_probability, 0)
 	, _follow_count (Properties::follow_count, 1)
 	, _quantization (Properties::quantization, Temporal::BBT_Offset (0, 1, 0))
 	, _legato (Properties::legato, false)