diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/IndividualController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/IndividualController.java
index 3eca5970d..82898f86c 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/IndividualController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/IndividualController.java
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ public class IndividualController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
  
 	private boolean getTemporalVisualizationFlag() {
 		String property = ConfigurationProperties.getProperty("visualization.temporal");
-		return "enabled".equals(property);
+		return ! "disabled".equals(property);
 	}
 
     private Model getRDF(Individual entity, OntModel contextModel, Model newModel, int recurseDepth ) {