diff --git a/src/controllers/CropController.php b/src/controllers/CropController.php
index 5d27d422..ccb7de24 100644
--- a/src/controllers/CropController.php
+++ b/src/controllers/CropController.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public function getCropimage($overWrite = true)
             ->crop($dataWidth, $dataHeight, $dataX, $dataY)
             ->save($crop_path);
 
-        if (config('lfm.should_create_thumbnails')) {
+        if (config('lfm.should_create_thumbnails', true)) {
             // create thumb folder
             parent::createFolderByPath(parent::getThumbPath());
 
diff --git a/src/traits/LfmHelpers.php b/src/traits/LfmHelpers.php
index 6cfacd37..c0427128 100644
--- a/src/traits/LfmHelpers.php
+++ b/src/traits/LfmHelpers.php
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ public function fileIsImage($file)
      */
     public function imageShouldHaveThumb($file)
     {
-        if (! config('lfm.should_create_thumbnails')) {
+        if (! config('lfm.should_create_thumbnails', true)) {
             return false;
         }