diff --git a/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc b/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
index 8e3aee8..4bc971f 100644
--- a/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
+++ b/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ po::variables_map parse_options (int argc, char **argv)
("process-nontext", po::value(¶m.process_nontext)->default_value(1), "process nontext objects")
("single-html", po::value(¶m.single_html)->default_value(1), "combine everything into one single HTML file")
- ("embed-base-font", po::value(¶m.embed_base_font)->default_value(1), "embed local matched font for base 14 fonts in the PDF file")
+ ("embed-base-font", po::value(¶m.embed_base_font)->default_value(0), "embed local matched font for base 14 fonts in the PDF file")
("embed-external-font", po::value(¶m.embed_external_font)->default_value(0), "embed local matched font for external fonts in the PDF file")
("heps", po::value(¶m.h_eps)->default_value(1.0), "max tolerated horizontal offset (in pixels)")