diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 30128fd3..48e1d6be 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-07-05  Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa  <t-tujikawa@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	Disabled --use-head option by default because --use-head=true
+	causes problems on some web sites.	
+	* src/OptionHandlerFactory.cc
+
 2009-07-05  Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa  <t-tujikawa@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	Print URL List in -S option for torrent.
diff --git a/src/OptionHandlerFactory.cc b/src/OptionHandlerFactory.cc
index 7f076e76..343e6423 100644
--- a/src/OptionHandlerFactory.cc
+++ b/src/OptionHandlerFactory.cc
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ OptionHandlers OptionHandlerFactory::createOptionHandlers()
     SharedHandle<OptionHandler> op(new BooleanOptionHandler
 				   (PREF_USE_HEAD,
 				    TEXT_USE_HEAD,
-				    V_TRUE,
+				    V_FALSE,
 				    OptionHandler::OPT_ARG));
     op->addTag(TAG_HTTP);
     handlers.push_back(op);