diff --git a/internal/pkg/node/constructors.go b/internal/pkg/node/constructors.go
index 0619e912..1b44e454 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/node/constructors.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/node/constructors.go
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ defaultnode:
     dummy:
       device: eth0
       type: ethernet
-      netmask: 255.255.255.0`
+      netmask: 255.255.255.0
+      onboot: true`
 
 func init() {
 	conf := warewulfconf.New()
@@ -61,7 +62,6 @@ func New() (NodeYaml, error) {
 	return Parse(data)
 }
 
-
 // Parse constructs a new nodeDb object from an input YAML
 // document. Passes any errors return from yaml.Unmarshal. Returns an
 // error if any parsed value is not of a valid type for the given
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ func Parse(data []byte) (NodeYaml, error) {
 	return ret, nil
 }
 
-
 /*
 Get all the nodes of a configuration. This function also merges
 the nodes with the given profiles and set the default values