diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/station_manager.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/station_manager.py
index 8521ba36f1d9f6ccd7677e71da9a11e646b76467..642d658b8ae2098fcdf9c34713ebdb80986fd108 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/station_manager.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/station_manager.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class StationManager(AsyncDevice):
         doc="Allow state transitions to continue even if a device fails to initialise.",
         dtype="DevBoolean",
         mandatory=False,
-        default_value=False,
+        default_value=True,
     )
     Hibernate_Transition_Timeout = device_property(
         doc="Timeout in seconds to transition to hibernate",