--- a/chat/protocols/irc/irc.js
+++ b/chat/protocols/irc/irc.js
@@ -1913,19 +1913,18 @@ ircProtocol.prototype = {
   get baseId() "prpl-irc",
 
   usernameSplits: [
     {get label() _("options.server"), separator: "@",
      defaultValue: "chat.freenode.net", reverse: true}
   ],
 
   options: {
-    // TODO Default to IRC over SSL.
-    "port": {get label() _("options.port"), default: 6667},
-    "ssl": {get label() _("options.ssl"), default: false},
+    "port": {get label() _("options.port"), default: 6697},
+    "ssl": {get label() _("options.ssl"), default: true},
     // TODO We should attempt to auto-detect encoding instead.
     "encoding": {get label() _("options.encoding"), default: "UTF-8"},
     "quitmsg": {get label() _("options.quitMessage"),
                 get default() Services.prefs.getCharPref("chat.irc.defaultQuitMessage")},
     "partmsg": {get label() _("options.partMessage"), default: ""},
     "showServerTab": {get label() _("options.showServerTab"), default: false},
     "alternateNicks": {get label() _("options.alternateNicks"), default: ""}
   },