diff --git a/defaults/yacy.init b/defaults/yacy.init
index 142ee0aa0..44f45b7d1 100644
--- a/defaults/yacy.init
+++ b/defaults/yacy.init
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ search.navigation=hosts,authors,namespace,topics,filetype,protocol
 #            consider content nevertheless as available and show result without snippet
 # false:     no link verification and not snippet generation:
              all search results are valid without verification
-search.verify = ifexist
+search.verify = cacheonly
 
 # in case that a link verification fails then the corresponding index reference can be
 # deleted to clean up the index. If this property is set then failed index verification in