diff --git a/config/environments/development.js.example b/config/environments/development.js.example
index 36bd3fe7..bc106248 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/development.js.example
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ var config = {
                persist_connection: false,
                simplify_geometries: true,
                use_overviews: true, // use overviews to retrieve raster
-               max_size: 500
+               max_size: 500,
+               twkb_encoding: true
           },
 
           limits: {
diff --git a/config/environments/production.js.example b/config/environments/production.js.example
index a092ca03..c423c9f9 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/production.js.example
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ var config = {
                persist_connection: false,
                simplify_geometries: true,
                use_overviews: true, // use overviews to retrieve raster
-               max_size: 500
+               max_size: 500,
+               twkb_encoding: true
           },
 
           limits: {
diff --git a/config/environments/staging.js.example b/config/environments/staging.js.example
index e6f7e5fa..9927bbc1 100644
--- a/config/environments/staging.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/staging.js.example
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ var config = {
                persist_connection: false,
                simplify_geometries: true,
                use_overviews: true, // use overviews to retrieve raster
-               max_size: 500
+               max_size: 500,
+               twkb_encoding: true
           },
 
           limits: {
diff --git a/config/environments/test.js.example b/config/environments/test.js.example
index a3ee9aba..0cbb63f8 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/test.js.example
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ var config = {
                persist_connection: false,
                simplify_geometries: true,
                use_overviews: true, // use overviews to retrieve raster
-               max_size: 500
+               max_size: 500,
+               twkb_encoding: true
           },
 
           limits: {