diff --git a/elk_metrics_6x/templates/journalbeat.yml.j2 b/elk_metrics_6x/templates/journalbeat.yml.j2
index fa21506c..2164acaf 100644
--- a/elk_metrics_6x/templates/journalbeat.yml.j2
+++ b/elk_metrics_6x/templates/journalbeat.yml.j2
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ journalbeat:
 
   # Lowercase and remove leading underscores, e.g. "_MESSAGE" -> "message"
   # (defaults to false)
-  #clean_field_names: false
+  clean_field_names: true
 
   # All journal entries are strings by default. You can try to convert them to numbers.
   # (defaults to false)