diff --git a/app/controllers/forum/forum_topics_controller.rb b/app/controllers/forum/forum_topics_controller.rb
index 7770867..efb5299 100644
--- a/app/controllers/forum/forum_topics_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/forum/forum_topics_controller.rb
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ class Forum::ForumTopicsController < ApplicationController
     
   	@topic = ForumTopic.new(params.require(:forum_topic).permit!)
     @topic.forum_user = current_fuser
+    @topic.enabled = true
     if @topic.save
       redirect_to [:forum, @topic]