diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b230e467d..cd3eb3347 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-## 3.11.10 (pending)
+## 3.11.11 (pending)
+* useSystemProperties should be reset back to false on reset
+
+## 3.11.10
 * issue #394 use the configured Object Mapper rather than always Json
 * internal pre-factorings to get ready for Unirest 4
 
diff --git a/unirest/src/main/java/kong/unirest/Config.java b/unirest/src/main/java/kong/unirest/Config.java
index 4c739ca5b..c01531dae 100644
--- a/unirest/src/main/java/kong/unirest/Config.java
+++ b/unirest/src/main/java/kong/unirest/Config.java
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ private void setDefaults() {
         maxTotal = DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS;
         maxPerRoute = DEFAULT_MAX_PER_ROUTE;
         followRedirects = true;
+        useSystemProperties = false;
         cookieManagement = true;
         requestCompressionOn = true;
         automaticRetries = true;