diff --git a/doc/NERD_tree.txt b/doc/NERD_tree.txt
index e6c7404..4915e0c 100644
--- a/doc/NERD_tree.txt
+++ b/doc/NERD_tree.txt
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ option: >
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           *'NERDTreeCasadeOpenSingleChildDir'*
 Values: 0 or 1
-Default: 0.
+Default: 1.
 
 This option tell NERDTree open the child directory if the selected opening
 directory has only one child that is a directory, and do same to sub-directory
diff --git a/plugin/NERD_tree.vim b/plugin/NERD_tree.vim
index 7867630..6046025 100644
--- a/plugin/NERD_tree.vim
+++ b/plugin/NERD_tree.vim
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ call s:initVariable("g:NERDTreeShowHidden", 0)
 call s:initVariable("g:NERDTreeShowLineNumbers", 0)
 call s:initVariable("g:NERDTreeSortDirs", 1)
 call s:initVariable("g:NERDTreeDirArrows", !s:running_windows)
-call s:initVariable("g:NERDTreeCasadeOpenSingleChildDir", 0)
+call s:initVariable("g:NERDTreeCasadeOpenSingleChildDir", 1)
 
 if !exists("g:NERDTreeSortOrder")
     let g:NERDTreeSortOrder = ['\/$', '*', '\.swp$',  '\.bak$', '\~$']