diff --git a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/XhtmlConfig.java b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/XhtmlConfig.java
index be675e1..16c0602 100644
--- a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/XhtmlConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/XhtmlConfig.java
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public class XhtmlConfig extends writer2latex.base.ConfigBase {
         options[FRAME_FORMATTING] = new XhtmlFormatOption("frame_formatting","convert_all");
         options[SECTION_FORMATTING] = new XhtmlFormatOption("section_formatting","convert_all");
         options[TABLE_FORMATTING] = new XhtmlFormatOption("table_formatting","convert_all");
-        options[TABLE_SIZE] = new IntegerOption("table_size","auto") {
+        options[TABLE_SIZE] = new IntegerOption("table_size","relative") {
         	@Override public void setString(String sValue) {
         		super.setString(sValue);
         		if ("relative".equals(sValue)) { nValue = RELATIVE; }