diff --git a/core/migrations/0043_alter_table_split.py b/core/migrations/0043_alter_table_split.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78584466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/migrations/0043_alter_table_split.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.3 on 2021-09-23 09:44
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('core', '0042_alter_url_author'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='table',
+            name='split',
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/core/models.py b/core/models.py
index 68d9853a..d7cee8c0 100644
--- a/core/models.py
+++ b/core/models.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def __str__(self):
 class Table(models.Model):
     id = models.UUIDField(primary_key=True, editable=False, default=uuid.uuid4)
     name = models.CharField(max_length=120)
-    split = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    split = models.BooleanField(default=True)
     include = models.BooleanField(default=True)
     heading = models.CharField(max_length=31, blank=True, null=True)
     array_tables = models.ManyToManyField("self", blank=True)