diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/DefaultGeneratorStrategy.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/DefaultGeneratorStrategy.java
index 1b50e711f7..5c032ae098 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/DefaultGeneratorStrategy.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/DefaultGeneratorStrategy.java
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ import org.jooq.tools.StringUtils;
  */
 public class DefaultGeneratorStrategy extends AbstractGeneratorStrategy {
 
-    private String                           targetDirectory;
-    private String                           targetPackage;
-    private boolean                          instanceFields;
+    private String  targetDirectory;
+    private String  targetPackage;
+    private boolean instanceFields = true;
 
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Initialisation