diff --git a/smb_navigation/config/base_local_planner.yaml b/smb_navigation/config/base_local_planner.yaml
index 5b0cbcd..f5cee69 100644
--- a/smb_navigation/config/base_local_planner.yaml
+++ b/smb_navigation/config/base_local_planner.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 controller_frequency: 0.1
 recovery_behavior_enabled: true
-clearing_rotation_allowed: true
+clearing_rotation_allowed: false
 
 NavfnROS:
   allow_unknown: true # Specifies whether or not to allow navfn to create plans that traverse unknown space.