diff --git a/content-api/content-service/conf/application.conf b/content-api/content-service/conf/application.conf
index 95d7befe5be40181ff372ca68e42b256091fa4ea..635d21da78807e68adefb19866b0c1a9cbc3e622 100644
--- a/content-api/content-service/conf/application.conf
+++ b/content-api/content-service/conf/application.conf
@@ -741,4 +741,4 @@ collection {
 actor.timeoutMillisec = 30000 
 
 #Index file validation
-isIndexHtmlValidationRequired=false
+isIndexHtmlValidationRequired=true