diff --git a/Classes/Backend/Hook/DataHandlerSlugUpdateHook.php b/Classes/Backend/Hook/DataHandlerSlugUpdateHook.php
index 4cff6d0..db4387d 100644
--- a/Classes/Backend/Hook/DataHandlerSlugUpdateHook.php
+++ b/Classes/Backend/Hook/DataHandlerSlugUpdateHook.php
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ public function processDatamap_preProcessFieldArray(
         $id,
         DataHandler $dataHandler
     ): void {
+        if (
+            'pages' === $table && !MathUtility::canBeInterpretedAsInteger($id)){
+                //new page was created
+                $synchronizeOn = (bool) Configuration::get('synchronize_on');
+                if ($synchronizeOn){
+                    $incomingFieldArray['tx_sluggi_sync'] = 1;
+                }
+                return;
+            }
         if (
             'pages' !== $table
             // This is set in \TYPO3\CMS\Backend\History\RecordHistoryRollback::performRollback,
@@ -185,4 +194,4 @@ protected function isNestedHookInvocation(DataHandler $dataHandler): bool
 
         return in_array(\TYPO3\CMS\Redirects\Service\SlugService::CORRELATION_ID_IDENTIFIER, $correlationIdAspects, true);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Configuration/TCA/Overrides/pages.php b/Configuration/TCA/Overrides/pages.php
index 531dc5c..d6f040d 100644
--- a/Configuration/TCA/Overrides/pages.php
+++ b/Configuration/TCA/Overrides/pages.php
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function array_flatten($array): array {
                         'labelUnchecked' => 'LLL:EXT:sluggi/Resources/Private/Language/locallang.xlf:pages.tx_sluggi_sync.disabled'
                     ]
                 ],
-                'default' => 1
+                'default' => 0
             ]
         ]
     ];
diff --git a/ext_conf_template.txt b/ext_conf_template.txt
index b592db9..f69e3fd 100644
--- a/ext_conf_template.txt
+++ b/ext_conf_template.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ slash_replacement = 1
 pages_fields = [["nav_title","title"]]
 # cat=basic; type=boolean; label=Enable synchronization of slug segment with configured page fields
 synchronize = 1
+# cat=basic; type=boolean; label=Turn on synchronization of slug segment with configured page fields
+synchronize_on = 0
 # cat=basic; type=boolean; label=Allow standard editors only editing of the last segment of the URL (single page)
 last_segment_only = 0
diff --git a/ext_tables.sql b/ext_tables.sql
index f2451d0..498195e 100644
--- a/ext_tables.sql
+++ b/ext_tables.sql
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 #
 CREATE TABLE pages (
   tx_sluggi_lock SMALLINT(5) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
-  tx_sluggi_sync SMALLINT(5) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '1' NOT NULL
+  tx_sluggi_sync SMALLINT(5) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL
 );