diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 929e7e4306..64b62367e3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-05-16  Ronald Bultje  <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>
+
+	* ext/mad/gstmad.c: (gst_mad_class_init), (gst_mad_init):
+	  Ignore CRCs by default (fixes #142566).
+
 2004-05-16  Ronald Bultje  <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>
 
 	* ext/alsa/gstalsamixer.c: (gst_alsa_mixer_open),
diff --git a/ext/mad/gstmad.c b/ext/mad/gstmad.c
index 559f865172..8fca237630 100644
--- a/ext/mad/gstmad.c
+++ b/ext/mad/gstmad.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ gst_mad_class_init (GstMadClass * klass)
           FALSE, G_PARAM_READWRITE));
   g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, ARG_IGNORE_CRC,
       g_param_spec_boolean ("ignore_crc", "Ignore CRC", "Ignore CRC errors",
-          FALSE, G_PARAM_READWRITE));
+          TRUE, G_PARAM_READWRITE));
 
   /* register tags */
 #define GST_TAG_LAYER    "layer"
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ gst_mad_init (GstMad * mad)
   mad->tags = NULL;
 
   mad->half = FALSE;
-  mad->ignore_crc = FALSE;
+  mad->ignore_crc = TRUE;
   mad->check_for_xing = TRUE;
   GST_FLAG_SET (mad, GST_ELEMENT_EVENT_AWARE);
 }