diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 69b1a5903199bbda4205d843d76a8496341c54c7..74cf479ac9bc16e369b0724fce503f225e62c8ce 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ brand:
     twitter_url: https://twitter.com/Searx_engine
 
 search:
-    safe_search : 0 # Filter results. 0: None, 1: Moderate, 2: Strict
+    safe_search : 1 # Filter results. 0: None, 1: Moderate, 2: Strict
     autocomplete : "duckduckgo" # Existing autocomplete backends: "dbpedia", "duckduckgo", "google", "startpage", "wikipedia" - leave blank to turn it off by default
     default_lang : "" # Default search language - leave blank to detect from browser information or use codes from 'languages.py'
     ban_time_on_fail : 5 # ban time in seconds after engine errors