diff --git a/orientdb/templates/orientdb-server-config.xml.j2 b/orientdb/templates/orientdb-server-config.xml.j2
index c856dc3e..9493c871 100644
--- a/orientdb/templates/orientdb-server-config.xml.j2
+++ b/orientdb/templates/orientdb-server-config.xml.j2
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
         <entry value="1" name="db.pool.min"/>
         <entry value="50" name="db.pool.max"/>
         <entry value="true" name="profiler.enabled"/>
+        <entry value="0" name="distributed.autoRemoveOfflineServers"/>
         <entry value="{{ orientdb_data_dir }}" name="server.database.path" />
     </properties>
     <hooks>