diff --git a/pygeoapi/api/itemtypes.py b/pygeoapi/api/itemtypes.py
index 042e26a..cb4ede8 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/api/itemtypes.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/api/itemtypes.py
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ def get_collection_items(
     
     content['missing_url'] = content['missing_url_href'] = ""
     content['requested_data_type'] = "polygons (default)"
-    content['preserve_attributes'] = "false (default)"
+    content['preserve_attributes'] = "true (default)"
     content['speckle_url'] = content['speckle_project_url'] = content['crs_authid'] = content['lat'] = content['lon'] = content['north_degrees'] = content['limit'] = "-"
     crsauthid = False
     for item in url_props:
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ def get_collection_items(
         elif "preserveattributes=" in item:
             content['preserve_attributes'] = item.split("preserveattributes=")[1]
             if content['preserve_attributes'] not in ["true", "false"]:
-                content['preserve_attributes'] = "false (default)"
+                content['preserve_attributes'] = "true (default)"
         elif "crsauthid=" in item:
             content['crs_authid'] = item.split("crsauthid=")[1]
             crsauthid = True
diff --git a/pygeoapi/provider/speckle.py b/pygeoapi/provider/speckle.py
index 3442646..9273b12 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/provider/speckle.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/provider/speckle.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class SpeckleProvider(BaseProvider):
         self.crs_dict = None
 
         self.requested_data_type: str = "polygons (default)" # points, lines, polygons, projectcomments
-        self.preserve_attributes: str = "false (default)"
+        self.preserve_attributes: str = "true (default)"
 
         self.lat: float = 48.76755913928929 #51.52486388756923
         self.lon: float = 11.408741923664028 #0.1621445437168942
diff --git a/pygeoapi/provider/speckle_utils/url_utils.py b/pygeoapi/provider/speckle_utils/url_utils.py
index 7365295..1f490c4 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/provider/speckle_utils/url_utils.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/provider/speckle_utils/url_utils.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def get_set_url_parameters(self: "SpeckleProvider"):
                 try:
                     self.preserve_attributes = item.split("preserveattributes=")[1]
                     if self.preserve_attributes not in ["true", "false"]:
-                        self.preserve_attributes = "false (default)"
+                        self.preserve_attributes = "true (default)"
                 except:
                     pass