diff --git a/homoglyphs_fork/core.py b/homoglyphs_fork/core.py
index 25b60b1..4a1d8cd 100644
--- a/homoglyphs_fork/core.py
+++ b/homoglyphs_fork/core.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def get_all(cls):
 
 class Homoglyphs:
     def __init__(self, categories=None, languages=None, alphabet=None,
-                 strategy=STRATEGY_IGNORE, ascii_strategy=STRATEGY_IGNORE,
+                 strategy=STRATEGY_IGNORE, ascii_strategy=STRATEGY_REMOVE,
                  ascii_range=ASCII_RANGE):
         """
         :param ascii_strategy: action to take on unmatched char when converting to ascii
diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index b4426e4..93da26e 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -127,7 +127,10 @@ def test_ascii_strategy(self):
         ).to_ascii(u'ч')
         self.assertEqual(ss, [])
 
-        # this test is based on https://github.com/yamatt/homoglyphs/issues/4
+        # these tests are based on https://github.com/yamatt/homoglyphs/issues/4
+        ss = Homoglyphs().to_ascii('ß')
+        self.assertEqual(ss, [])
+
         ss = Homoglyphs(ascii_strategy=STRATEGY_IGNORE).to_ascii('ß')
         self.assertEqual(ss, ['ß'])