diff --git a/modules/cmdrunner/settings.go b/modules/cmdrunner/settings.go
index 5cbe3d16..7f88f89f 100644
--- a/modules/cmdrunner/settings.go
+++ b/modules/cmdrunner/settings.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func NewSettingsFromYAML(name string, moduleConfig *config.Config, globalConfig
 
 		args:     utils.ToStrs(moduleConfig.UList("args")),
 		cmd:      moduleConfig.UString("cmd"),
-		tail:     moduleConfig.UBool("tail"),
+		tail:     moduleConfig.UBool("tail", false),
 		maxLines: moduleConfig.UInt("maxLines", 256),
 	}