diff --git a/examples/op_examples/extract.py b/examples/op_examples/extract.py
index c8b9f171..23dda951 100644
--- a/examples/op_examples/extract.py
+++ b/examples/op_examples/extract.py
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
 input_cols = ["description"]
 output_cols = ["name", "age"]
 
-new_df = df.sem_extract(input_cols, output_cols)
+new_df = df.sem_extract(input_cols, output_cols, extract_quotes=True)
 print(new_df)
diff --git a/lotus/sem_ops/sem_extract.py b/lotus/sem_ops/sem_extract.py
index fb0df1c0..f1afcb9c 100644
--- a/lotus/sem_ops/sem_extract.py
+++ b/lotus/sem_ops/sem_extract.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def __call__(
         self,
         input_cols: list[str],
         output_cols: list[str],
-        extract_quotes: bool = True,
+        extract_quotes: bool = False,
         postprocessor: Callable[[list[str]], SemanticExtractPostprocessOutput] = extract_postprocess,
         return_raw_outputs: bool = False,
     ) -> pd.DataFrame: