diff --git a/plugins/zeromq/plugin.go b/plugins/zeromq/plugin.go
index 50dfd046131ec2d1be094ac8440c8b54f5cff639..a94a0ce9311853756f8be07b07ac7b221eec9215 100644
--- a/plugins/zeromq/plugin.go
+++ b/plugins/zeromq/plugin.go
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/plugins/tangle"
 )
 
-var PLUGIN = node.NewPlugin("ZeroMQ", node.Enabled, configure, run)
+// zeromq logging is disabled by default
+var PLUGIN = node.NewPlugin("ZeroMQ", node.Disabled, configure, run)
 
 var publisher *Publisher
 var emptyTag = strings.Repeat("9", 27)