diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c8c82a0..173ec1a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- in `add_marker`, markers don't use the default icon anymore. Do
+  `use_marker_default_icon = True` in `add_marker` to recover the previous
+  behavior [#129]
 - Fix wrapper `widget_should_be_loaded` that was over-writing the methods documentation
   [#130]
 
diff --git a/js/models/message_handler.js b/js/models/message_handler.js
index 748b19d..97f30e4 100644
--- a/js/models/message_handler.js
+++ b/js/models/message_handler.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export default class MessageHandler {
     for (const marker of pythonMarkers) {
       markers.push(
         A.marker(marker["lon"], marker["lat"], {
+          useMarkerDefaultIcon: options["useMarkerDefaultIcon"] | false,
           popupTitle: marker["title"],
           popupDesc: marker["description"],
         }),