diff --git a/quartz/components/_Remark.tsx b/quartz/components/_Remark.tsx
index a43ee8982..f270ce227 100644
--- a/quartz/components/_Remark.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/_Remark.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export default ((opts: Options) => {
         return [
           () => {
             return async (tree: Root, file) => {
-              const display = file.data.frontmatter?.enableComments ?? tree
+              const display = file.data.frontmatter?.enableComments ?? true
               if (display) {
                 <>
                   <div id="remark42" style="margin-top: 2rem"></div>