diff --git a/tests/admin_pages/test_card.py b/tests/admin_pages/test_card.py
index ea3ef2749..19edd31d0 100644
--- a/tests/admin_pages/test_card.py
+++ b/tests/admin_pages/test_card.py
@@ -404,16 +404,6 @@ def test_card_id_template(pub):
     carddata.store()
 
     app = login(get_app(pub))
-    resp = app.get('/backoffice/cards/1/')
-    resp = resp.click('Templates')
-    assert 'id_template' not in resp.text
-
-    if not pub.site_options.has_section('options'):
-        pub.site_options.add_section('options')
-    pub.site_options.set('options', 'enable-card-identifier-template', 'true')
-    with open(os.path.join(pub.app_dir, 'site-options.cfg'), 'w') as fd:
-        pub.site_options.write(fd)
-
     resp = app.get('/backoffice/cards/1/')
     resp = resp.click('Templates')
     assert 'Identifier cannot be modified if there are existing cards.' in resp.text
@@ -437,6 +427,16 @@ def test_card_id_template(pub):
     carddata.store()
     assert carddata.id_display == 'XbarY'
 
+    # check option is not advertised if disabled
+    if not pub.site_options.has_section('options'):
+        pub.site_options.add_section('options')
+    pub.site_options.set('options', 'enable-card-identifier-template', 'false')
+    with open(os.path.join(pub.app_dir, 'site-options.cfg'), 'w') as fd:
+        pub.site_options.write(fd)
+    resp = app.get('/backoffice/cards/1/')
+    resp = resp.click('Templates')
+    assert 'id_template' not in resp.text
+
 
 def test_card_digest_template(pub):
     create_superuser(pub)
diff --git a/wcs/qommon/publisher.py b/wcs/qommon/publisher.py
index b97931099..a1749da9e 100644
--- a/wcs/qommon/publisher.py
+++ b/wcs/qommon/publisher.py
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ class QommonPublisher(Publisher):
                 'allow-tracking-code-in-url': 'true',
                 'disabled-fields': 'ranked-items, table, table-select, tablerows',
                 'disable-rtf-support': 'true',
+                'enable-card-identifier-template': 'true',
                 'enable-intermediate-anonymisation': 'true',
                 'relatable-hosts': '',
                 'sync-map-and-address-fields': 'true',