diff --git a/config.default.yaml b/config.default.yaml
index da9f0928..eef484a6 100644
--- a/config.default.yaml
+++ b/config.default.yaml
@@ -246,12 +246,12 @@ sector:
     # - offshore
   use_fischer_tropsch_waste_heat: true
   use_fuel_cell_waste_heat: true
-  electricity_distribution_grid: false
+  electricity_distribution_grid: true
   electricity_distribution_grid_cost_factor: 1.0  #multiplies cost in data/costs.csv
   electricity_grid_connection: true  # only applies to onshore wind and utility PV
   H2_network: true
-  gas_network: true
-  H2_retrofit: true  # if set to True existing gas pipes can be retrofitted to H2 pipes
+  gas_network: false
+  H2_retrofit: false  # if set to True existing gas pipes can be retrofitted to H2 pipes
   # according to hydrogen backbone strategy (April, 2020) p.15
   # https://gasforclimate2050.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020_European-Hydrogen-Backbone_Report.pdf
   # 60% of original natural gas capacity could be used in cost-optimal case as H2 capacity