diff --git a/modules/net_sniff.go b/modules/net_sniff.go
index 4c0ca3e0..25f59633 100644
--- a/modules/net_sniff.go
+++ b/modules/net_sniff.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func NewSniffer(s *session.Session) *Sniffer {
 	}
 
 	sniff.AddParam(session.NewBoolParameter("net.sniff.verbose",
-		"true",
+		"false",
 		"If true, every captured and parsed packet will be sent to the events.stream for displaying, otherwise only the ones parsed at the application layer (sni, http, etc)."))
 
 	sniff.AddParam(session.NewBoolParameter("net.sniff.local",
diff --git a/modules/net_sniff_context.go b/modules/net_sniff_context.go
index 80277710..4d9bfc23 100644
--- a/modules/net_sniff_context.go
+++ b/modules/net_sniff_context.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func NewSnifferContext() *SnifferContext {
 	return &SnifferContext{
 		Handle:       nil,
 		DumpLocal:    false,
-		Verbose:      true,
+		Verbose:      false,
 		Filter:       "",
 		Expression:   "",
 		Compiled:     nil,