diff --git a/runner/options.go b/runner/options.go
index 8a94fceb..3a7243ec 100644
--- a/runner/options.go
+++ b/runner/options.go
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ func ParseOptions() *Options {
 		flagSet.BoolVar(&options.ExtractTitle, "title", false, "display page title"),
 		flagSet.DynamicVarP(&options.ResponseBodyPreviewSize, "body-preview", "bp", 100, "display first N characters of response body"),
 		flagSet.BoolVarP(&options.OutputServerHeader, "web-server", "server", false, "display server name"),
-		flagSet.BoolVarP(&options.TechDetect, "tech-detect", "td", false, "display technology in use based on wappalyzer dataset"),
+		flagSet.BoolVarP(&options.TechDetect, "tech-detect", "td", true, "display technology in use based on wappalyzer dataset"),
 		flagSet.BoolVar(&options.OutputMethod, "method", false, "display http request method"),
 		flagSet.BoolVar(&options.OutputWebSocket, "websocket", false, "display server using websocket"),
 		flagSet.BoolVar(&options.OutputIP, "ip", false, "display host ip"),