diff --git a/apache2/apache2_config.c b/apache2/apache2_config.c
index e19da940..8c975d45 100644
--- a/apache2/apache2_config.c
+++ b/apache2/apache2_config.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ void init_directory_config(directory_config *dcfg) {
     if (dcfg->pdfp_secret == NOT_SET_P) dcfg->pdfp_secret = NULL;
     if (dcfg->pdfp_timeout == NOT_SET) dcfg->pdfp_timeout = 10;
     if (dcfg->pdfp_token_name == NOT_SET_P) dcfg->pdfp_token_name = "PDFPTOKEN";
-    if (dcfg->pdfp_only_get == NOT_SET) dcfg->pdfp_only_get = 0;
+    if (dcfg->pdfp_only_get == NOT_SET) dcfg->pdfp_only_get = 1;
 
     /* Geo Lookup */
     if (dcfg->geo == NOT_SET_P) dcfg->geo = NULL;
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ const command_rec module_directives[] = {
         cmd_pdf_protect_intercept_get_only,
         NULL,
         RSRC_CONF,
-        "whether or not to intercept only GET requess."
+        "whether or not to intercept only GET and HEAD requess. Defaults to true."
     ),
 
     AP_INIT_TAKE1 (
diff --git a/apache2/pdf_protect.c b/apache2/pdf_protect.c
index c6ce8452..438934ca 100644
--- a/apache2/pdf_protect.c
+++ b/apache2/pdf_protect.c
@@ -400,12 +400,14 @@ int pdfp_check(modsec_rec *msr) {
         return 0;
     }
 
-    /* Ignore request methods other than GET if
+    /* Ignore request methods other than GET and HEAD if
      * configured to do so.
      */
-    if ((msr->r->method_number != M_GET)&&(cfg->pdfp_only_get != 0)) {
+    if ((msr->r->method_number != M_GET)&&(msr->r->method_number != M_HEAD)
+        &&(cfg->pdfp_only_get != 0))
+    {
         if (msr->txcfg->debuglog_level >= 4) {
-            msr_log(msr, 4, "PdfProtect: Configured not to intercept non-GET requests "
+            msr_log(msr, 4, "PdfProtect: Not intercepting a GET/HEAD request "
             "(method=%s/%i).", log_escape_nq(msr->mp, msr->r->method), msr->r->method_number);
         }