diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be321af4..b32bc36a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -87,7 +87,11 @@ If you set the value of this variable to "true" then the Lambda layer will incre
 
 ### DD_LOGS_INJECTION
 
-To connect logs and traces, set the environment variable `DD_LOGS_INJECTION` to `true` if `console` is used for logging. For other logging libraries, see instructions for [automatic](https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/advanced/connect_logs_and_traces/?tab=nodejs#automatic-trace-id-injection) and [manual](https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/advanced/connect_logs_and_traces/?tab=nodejs#manual-trace-id-injection) trace id injection.
+By default, the Datadog trace id gets automatically injected into the logs for correlation, if using `console` or a logging library supported for [automatic](https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/connect_logs_and_traces/?tab=nodejs#automatic-trace-id-injection)  trace id injection.
+
+See instructions for [manual](https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/connect_logs_and_traces/?tab=nodejs#manual-trace-id-injection) trace id injection, if using other logging libraries.
+
+Set the environment variable `DD_LOGS_INJECTION` to `false` to disable this feature.
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dde3f484..455b5339 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "datadog-lambda-js",
-  "version": "1.15.0",
+  "version": "2.16.0",
   "description": "Lambda client library that supports hybrid tracing in node js",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 2abbbb82..565f93c8 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export const defaultConfig: Config = {
   autoPatchHTTP: true,
   debugLogging: false,
   enhancedMetrics: true,
-  injectLogContext: false,
+  injectLogContext: true,
   logForwarding: false,
   mergeDatadogXrayTraces: false,
   shouldRetryMetrics: false,
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ function getConfig(userConfig?: Partial<Config>): Config {
   }
 
   if (userConfig === undefined || userConfig.injectLogContext === undefined) {
-    const result = getEnvValue(logInjectionEnvVar, "false").toLowerCase();
+    const result = getEnvValue(logInjectionEnvVar, "true").toLowerCase();
     config.injectLogContext = result === "true";
   }