diff --git a/spacy/syntax/parser.pyx b/spacy/syntax/parser.pyx
index 4473045e9..0bc9cb4ef 100644
--- a/spacy/syntax/parser.pyx
+++ b/spacy/syntax/parser.pyx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ from ..strings cimport StringStore
 from ..gold cimport GoldParse
 
 
-USE_FTRL = False
+USE_FTRL = True
 DEBUG = False
 def set_debug(val):
     global DEBUG