diff --git a/ovos_config/mycroft.conf b/ovos_config/mycroft.conf
index 53c11d4..02e6c3c 100644
--- a/ovos_config/mycroft.conf
+++ b/ovos_config/mycroft.conf
@@ -141,6 +141,16 @@
       "conf_med": 0.8,
       "conf_low": 0.5,
 
+      // normalization step to remove punctuation etc
+      "cast_to_ascii": true,
+
+      // padaos is an internal regex matcher that ensures exact matches
+      "disable_padaos": false,
+
+      // domain engine will classify intents first and then the intent for that skill
+      // if false intents are classified directly
+      "domain_engine": false,
+      
       // path to save trained intent files
       // by default uses XDG directories if not set
       //"intent_cache": "~/.local/share/mycroft/intent_cache/",