diff --git a/settings.json.template b/settings.json.template
index a453258f..da7b32a4 100644
--- a/settings.json.template
+++ b/settings.json.template
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   "requireSession" : false,
 
   /* Users may edit pads but not create new ones. Pad creation is only via the API. This applies both to group pads and regular pads. */
-  "editOnly" : true,
+  "editOnly" : false,
   
   /* if true, all css & js will be minified before sending to the client. This will improve the loading performance massivly, 
      but makes it impossible to debug the javascript/css */
diff --git a/settings.json.template_windows b/settings.json.template_windows
index c3d6be2a..61f14dce 100644
--- a/settings.json.template_windows
+++ b/settings.json.template_windows
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   "requireSession" : false,
 
   /* Users may edit pads but not create new ones. Pad creation is only via the API. This applies both to group pads and regular pads. */
-  "editOnly" : true,
+  "editOnly" : false,
   
   /* if true, all css & js will be minified before sending to the client. This will improve the loading performance massivly, 
      but makes it impossible to debug the javascript/css */