diff --git a/Descriptors/BaseDescriptor.h b/Descriptors/BaseDescriptor.h
index 6311977c9..2510ee39b 100644
--- a/Descriptors/BaseDescriptor.h
+++ b/Descriptors/BaseDescriptor.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.txt.
 #include "../Plugins/RawRouteData.h"
 
 struct _DescriptorConfig {
-    _DescriptorConfig() : instructions(true), geometry(true), encodeGeometry(false), z(18) {}
+    _DescriptorConfig() : instructions(true), geometry(true), encodeGeometry(true), z(18) {}
     bool instructions;
     bool geometry;
     bool encodeGeometry;
diff --git a/Plugins/ViaRoutePlugin.h b/Plugins/ViaRoutePlugin.h
index 0b272d6cc..04a17aa71 100644
--- a/Plugins/ViaRoutePlugin.h
+++ b/Plugins/ViaRoutePlugin.h
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ public:
         if(routeParameters.options.Find("geometry") == "false" ) {
             descriptorConfig.geometry = false;
         }
-        if("cmp" == routeParameters.options.Find("geomformat") || "cmp6" == routeParameters.options.Find("geomformat")  ) {
-            descriptorConfig.encodeGeometry = true;
+        if("cmp" == routeParameters.options.Find("no") || "cmp6" == routeParameters.options.Find("no")  ) {
+            descriptorConfig.encodeGeometry = false;
         }
         switch(descriptorType){
         case 0: