diff --git a/Source/HotwireConfig.swift b/Source/HotwireConfig.swift
index 47c46c2..f0360f0 100644
--- a/Source/HotwireConfig.swift
+++ b/Source/HotwireConfig.swift
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ public struct HotwireConfig {
 
 public extension HotwireConfig {
     class PathConfiguration {
-        /// Enable to match the query string when applying rules in addition to the path.
-        public var matchQueryStrings = false
+        /// Enable to include the query string (in addition to the path) when applying rules.
+        /// Disable to only consider the path when applying rules.
+        public var matchQueryStrings = true
     }
 }