diff --git a/scrapegraphai/nodes/parse_node.py b/scrapegraphai/nodes/parse_node.py
index cdca1b55..4cf040e6 100644
--- a/scrapegraphai/nodes/parse_node.py
+++ b/scrapegraphai/nodes/parse_node.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class ParseNode(BaseNode):
             False if node_config is None else node_config.get("verbose", False)
         )
         self.parse_html = (
-            True if node_config is None else node_config.get("parse_html", True)
+            True if node_config is None else node_config.get("parse_html", False)
         )
 
     def execute(self, state: dict) -> dict:
@@ -94,4 +94,4 @@ class ParseNode(BaseNode):
                           
         state.update({self.output[0]: chunks})
 
-        return state
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+        return state