diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index b176008..8d780e6 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ some regex patterns can't be supported by javascript, including
 - `snippets.userSnippetsDirectory`, Directory that contains custom user ultisnips snippets, use ultisnips in extension root by default.
 - `snippets.shortcut`, shortcut in completion menu, default `S`.
 - `snippets.autoTrigger`: enable auto trigger for auto trigger ultisnips snippets, default `true`.
-- `snippets.execContext`: execute a snippet's `context` (if it exists) to check if the snippet should be shown in completion menu, default `false` (i.e., snippets with a `context` are never shown in completion menu)
+- `snippets.execContext`: execute a snippet's `context` (if it exists) to check if the snippet should be shown in completion menu, default `true` (i.e., snippets with a `context` are never shown in completion menu)
 - `snippets.triggerCharacters`: trigger characters for completion, default `[]`.
 - `snippets.loadFromExtensions`: load snippets from coc.nvim extensions, default: `true`.
 - `snippets.loadVSCodeProjectSnippets`: Load code snippets in folder `${workspaceFolder}/.vscode`, default: `true`.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8c63114..c9108e3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
         },
         "snippets.execContext": {
           "type": "boolean",
-          "default": false,
+          "default": true,
           "description": "Execute a snippet's context (if it exists) to check if the snippet should be shown in completion menu"
         },
         "snippets.ultisnips.enable": {
diff --git a/src/provider.ts b/src/provider.ts
index f4eb924..81fa384 100644
--- a/src/provider.ts
+++ b/src/provider.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export class ProviderManager implements CompletionItemProvider {
     let noneWords = before_content.endsWith(' ') ? '' : before_content.match(/\W*$/)[0]
     let contextPrefixes: string[] = []
     const configuration = workspace.getConfiguration('snippets')
-    const execContext = configuration.get<boolean>('execContext', false)
+    const execContext = configuration.get<boolean>('execContext', true)
     for (let snip of snippets) {
       if (!execContext && snip.context) continue
       if (snip.prefix === '') continue