diff --git a/lib/config/definitions.js b/lib/config/definitions.js
index 9aa0880ef46b05e21de456429144c49dd0e9dc77..68fa8d28788749efd6069d5734bfaa676b00a5d0 100644
--- a/lib/config/definitions.js
+++ b/lib/config/definitions.js
@@ -385,7 +385,6 @@ const options = [
     stage: 'package',
     type: 'json',
     default: {
-      automerge: true,
       unpublishSafe: false,
       groupName: 'Pin Dependencies',
       group: {
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/apis.js b/lib/workers/repository/apis.js
index 975342d8362f01a0fa95041eaa4c03e4276b27e6..c0525690acfe90171098ef03ae9b8c08453c2557 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/apis.js
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/apis.js
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ async function detectPackageFiles(input) {
     }
   }
   if (config.meteor.enabled) {
+    logger.debug('Detecting meteor package.js files');
     const meteorPackageFiles = await config.api.findFilePaths(
       'package.js',
       'Npm.depends'
@@ -305,6 +306,7 @@ async function detectPackageFiles(input) {
     }
   }
   if (config.docker.enabled) {
+    logger.debug('Detecting Dockerfiles');
     const dockerFiles = await config.api.findFilePaths('Dockerfile');
     if (dockerFiles.length) {
       logger.info({ count: dockerFiles.length }, `Found Dockerfiles`);
diff --git a/test/workers/package/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap b/test/workers/package/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
index 7aa7ea66a5db58ffc61d6dbaf1cb199757b047d2..ac5e5ed7372f57472ba6e1c21aa231d87f27fba0 100644
--- a/test/workers/package/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
+++ b/test/workers/package/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 exports[`lib/workers/package/index renovatePackage(config) maps type 1`] = `
 Object {
   "assignees": Array [],
-  "automerge": true,
+  "automerge": false,
   "automergeType": "pr",
   "branchName": "{{branchPrefix}}{{depNameSanitized}}-{{newVersionMajor}}.x",
   "branchPrefix": "renovate/",