diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/course/CourseModule.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/course/CourseModule.java
index 843f0261b7d1f591337dad8452bbe32a26c51a1d..0a063e620a5823bdd9f23786a0ba442ed027f2a3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/course/CourseModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/course/CourseModule.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class CourseModule extends AbstractSpringModule {
 	private boolean displayInfoBox;
 	@Value("${course.display.changelog}")
 	private boolean displayChangeLog;
-	@Value("${course.disclaimer.enabled:false}")
+	@Value("${course.disclaimer.enabled:true}")
 	private boolean disclaimerEnabled;
 	
 	// Repository types
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/course/disclaimer/ui/CourseDisclaimerController.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/course/disclaimer/ui/CourseDisclaimerController.java
index d2da3295de8f9f13ca7ac347875bf864ed9d564f..6ec174a69d507f300dd73232fb8097bf3d9c138b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/course/disclaimer/ui/CourseDisclaimerController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/course/disclaimer/ui/CourseDisclaimerController.java
@@ -168,13 +168,13 @@ public class CourseDisclaimerController extends FormBasicController {
 
 		if (disclaimer1Enabled) {
 			allOk &= validateTextInput(disclaimer1TitleEl, 255);
-			allOk &= validateTextInput(disclaimer1TermsEl, 255);
+			allOk &= validateTextInput(disclaimer1TermsEl, 2550);
 			allOk &= validateTextInput(disclaimer1Label1El, -1);
 		}
 
 		if (disclaimer2Enabled) {
 			allOk &= validateTextInput(disclaimer2TitleEl, 255);
-			allOk &= validateTextInput(disclaimer2TermsEl, 255);
+			allOk &= validateTextInput(disclaimer2TermsEl, 2550);
 			allOk &= validateTextInput(disclaimer2Label1El, -1);
 		}
 
@@ -370,9 +370,7 @@ public class CourseDisclaimerController extends FormBasicController {
 			courseConfig.setDisclaimerTitle(1, disclaimer1TitleEl.getValue());
 			courseConfig.setDisclaimerTerms(1, disclaimer1TermsEl.getValue());
 			courseConfig.setDisclaimerLabel(1, 1, disclaimer1Label1El.getValue());
-			if (StringHelper.containsNonWhitespace(disclaimer1Label2El.getValue())) {
-				courseConfig.setDisclaimerLabel(1, 2, disclaimer1Label2El.getValue());
-			}
+			courseConfig.setDisclaimerLabel(1, 2, disclaimer1Label2El.getValue());
 		}
 
 		courseConfig.setDisclaimerEnabled(2, disclaimer2Enabled);
@@ -380,9 +378,7 @@ public class CourseDisclaimerController extends FormBasicController {
 			courseConfig.setDisclaimerTitle(2, disclaimer2TitleEl.getValue());
 			courseConfig.setDisclaimerTerms(2, disclaimer2TermsEl.getValue());
 			courseConfig.setDisclaimerLabel(2, 1, disclaimer2Label1El.getValue());
-			if (StringHelper.containsNonWhitespace(disclaimer2Label2El.getValue())) {
-				courseConfig.setDisclaimerLabel(2, 2, disclaimer2Label2El.getValue());
-			}
+			courseConfig.setDisclaimerLabel(2, 2, disclaimer2Label2El.getValue());
 		}
 
 		CourseFactory.setCourseConfig(courseOres.getResourceableId(), courseConfig);