diff --git a/R/neuron-io.R b/R/neuron-io.R
index 4723599b..e3810fad 100644
--- a/R/neuron-io.R
+++ b/R/neuron-io.R
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ write.dotprops.swc<-function(x, file, ...) {
 #' }
 write.neurons<-function(nl, dir, format=NULL, subdir=NULL, 
                         INDICES=names(nl), files=NULL, 
-                        include.data.frame=FALSE,
+                        include.data.frame=TRUE,
                         metadata=FALSE,
                         Force=FALSE, cl=NULL, ...){
   if(grepl("\\.zip", dir)) {
diff --git a/man/write.neurons.Rd b/man/write.neurons.Rd
index b9f1bd9d..ca797cc6 100644
--- a/man/write.neurons.Rd
+++ b/man/write.neurons.Rd
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ write.neurons(
   subdir = NULL,
   INDICES = names(nl),
   files = NULL,
-  include.data.frame = FALSE,
+  include.data.frame = TRUE,
   metadata = FALSE,
   Force = FALSE,
   cl = NULL,