diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/utils/layers.py b/server/text_generation_server/utils/layers.py
index 87d0b6f6..011a9382 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/utils/layers.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/utils/layers.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ except Exception:
 
 HAS_EXLLAMA = False
 CAN_EXLLAMA = major >= 8
-V2 = os.getenv("EXLLAMA_VERSION", "1") == "2"
+V2 = os.getenv("EXLLAMA_VERSION", "2") == "2"
 if V2 and int(os.getenv("WORLD_SIZE", "1")) > 1:
     logger.warning(
         "Disabling exllama v2 and using v1 instead because there are issues when sharding"