diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/test_publish.yml
index 3be0d9d..9b6b0fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_publish.yml
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ name: Build multi-arch Docker Image
 
 on:
   # Build and push
-  release:
-    types: [published]
+  #release:
+  #  types: [published]
   # Build only
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
+  #push:
+  #  branches: [main]
   # TODO - enable build on pull requests if build times can be reduced
   # pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
diff --git a/abogen/gui.py b/abogen/gui.py
index cccdbc9..322d5cc 100644
--- a/abogen/gui.py
+++ b/abogen/gui.py
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ class abogen(QWidget):
         self.use_gpu = self.config.get(
             "use_gpu", True  # Load GPU setting with default True
         )
-        self.replace_single_newlines = self.config.get("replace_single_newlines", True)
+        self.replace_single_newlines = self.config.get("replace_single_newlines", False)
         self._pending_close_event = None
         self.gpu_ok = False  # Initialize GPU availability status
 
diff --git a/abogen/utils.py b/abogen/utils.py
index 3638301..46f77b9 100644
--- a/abogen/utils.py
+++ b/abogen/utils.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ _sleep_procs = {"Darwin": None, "Linux": None}  # Store sleep prevention process
 def clean_text(text, *args, **kwargs):
     # Load replace_single_newlines from config
     cfg = load_config()
-    replace_single_newlines = cfg.get("replace_single_newlines", True)
+    replace_single_newlines = cfg.get("replace_single_newlines", False)
     # Collapse all whitespace (excluding newlines) into single spaces per line and trim edges
     lines = [re.sub(r"[^\S\n]+", " ", line).strip() for line in text.splitlines()]
     text = "\n".join(lines)