diff --git a/src/editor/js/components/editor.tsx b/src/editor/js/components/editor.tsx
index 53cad32842f080cca8915998e8685fba63727ae3..c12f8f65ea20afad858e5d3580543acf386d47d1 100644
--- a/src/editor/js/components/editor.tsx
+++ b/src/editor/js/components/editor.tsx
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export class Editor extends React.PureComponent<propTypes, stateTypes> {
         this.state = {
             graph: undefined,
             visibleLabels: true,
-            connectOnDrag: true,
+            connectOnDrag: false,
             selectedNode: undefined,
             keys: {},
         };