diff --git a/config.sample.json b/config.sample.json
index 6e83cec2d1..b80746f629 100644
--- a/config.sample.json
+++ b/config.sample.json
@@ -27,5 +27,8 @@
         "whitelistedHSUrls": ["https://matrix.org"],
         "whitelistedISUrls": ["https://vector.im", "https://matrix.org"],
         "siteId": 1
+    },
+    "enable_presence_by_hs_url": {
+        "https://matrix.org": false
     }
 }