diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 842db2889..da045abf1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 - Update PublicApiController, remove expensive and unused relationships ([2ecc3144](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/2ecc3144))
 - Update status deletion, fix database lock issues and side effects ([04e8c96a](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/04e8c96a))
 - Fix remote profile avatar urls when storing locally ([b0422d4f](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/b0422d4f))
+- Enable network timeline caching by default ([c990ac2a](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/c990ac2a))
 -  ([](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/))
 
 ## [v0.11.4 (2022-10-04)](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/compare/v0.11.3...v0.11.4)
diff --git a/config/instance.php b/config/instance.php
index 3347e8f83..9a7c48e32 100644
--- a/config/instance.php
+++ b/config/instance.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ return [
 		],
 
 		'network' => [
-			'cached' => env('PF_NETWORK_TIMELINE') ? env('INSTANCE_NETWORK_TIMELINE_CACHED', false) : false,
+			'cached' => env('PF_NETWORK_TIMELINE') ? env('INSTANCE_NETWORK_TIMELINE_CACHED', true) : false,
 			'cache_dropoff' => env('INSTANCE_NETWORK_TIMELINE_CACHE_DROPOFF', 100),
 			'max_hours_old' => env('INSTANCE_NETWORK_TIMELINE_CACHE_MAX_HOUR_INGEST', 6)
 		]