diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index 86dcc618c..4737df914 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
   soundInThread.start(QThread::HighestPriority);
   soundOutThread.setOutputDevice(m_paOutDevice);
   soundOutThread.setTxFreq(m_txFreq);
-  m_monitoring=true;                           // Start with Monitoring ON
+  m_monitoring=false;                           // Start with Monitoring OFF
   soundInThread.setMonitoring(m_monitoring);
   m_diskData=false;
   g_pWideGraph->setTol(m_tol);
diff --git a/wsjtx.iss b/wsjtx.iss
index 1d457d1c3..9f27a90df 100644
--- a/wsjtx.iss
+++ b/wsjtx.iss
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [Setup]
 AppName=wsjtx
-AppVerName=wsjtx Version 0.2 r2712
+AppVerName=wsjtx Version 0.2 r2713
 AppCopyright=Copyright (C) 2001-2012 by Joe Taylor, K1JT
 DefaultDirName=c:\wsjtx
 DefaultGroupName=wsjtx