update-monit.d || true
 
 # disable monit startup
-cp_check_and_sed '^startup[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*1' \
+cp_check_and_sed '^startup[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*0' \
     's/^startup[[:space:]]*=.*/startup=1/g' /etc/default/monit || true
-cp_check_and_sed '^START[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*yes' \
+cp_check_and_sed '^START[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*no' \
     's/^START[[:space:]]*=.*/START=yes/g' /etc/default/monit || true
 
 # remove us from systemv monit script