diff --git a/config/suricata/suricata.yaml b/config/suricata/suricata.yaml
index 3fe78cb2f..e7e27c731 100644
--- a/config/suricata/suricata.yaml
+++ b/config/suricata/suricata.yaml
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ max-pending-packets: 1024
 # Runmode the engine should use. Please check --list-runmodes to get the available
 # runmodes for each packet acquisition method. Defaults to "autofp" (auto flow pinned
 # load balancing).
-#runmode: autofp
+runmode: workers
 
 # Specifies the kind of flow load balancer used by the flow pinned autofp mode.
 #