diff --git a/snuba/cli/devserver.py b/snuba/cli/devserver.py
index 0b77f8a974..1304f99d47 100644
--- a/snuba/cli/devserver.py
+++ b/snuba/cli/devserver.py
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ def devserver(*, bootstrap: bool, workers: bool) -> None:
                 [
                     "snuba",
                     "lw-deletions-consumer",
-                    "--storage-name=search_issues",
+                    "--storage=search_issues",
                     "--consumer-group=search_issues_deletes_group",
                     "--max-rows-batch-size=10",
                     "--max-batch-time-ms=1000",
diff --git a/snuba/settings/__init__.py b/snuba/settings/__init__.py
index 20ff6f3100..f316bf4afa 100644
--- a/snuba/settings/__init__.py
+++ b/snuba/settings/__init__.py
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ class RedisClusters(TypedDict):
 )
 
 # Enable lw deletions consumer (search issues only for now)
-ENABLE_LW_DELETIONS_CONSUMER = os.environ.get("ENABLE_LW_DELETIONS_CONSUMER", True)
+ENABLE_LW_DELETIONS_CONSUMER = os.environ.get("ENABLE_LW_DELETIONS_CONSUMER", False)
 
 # Cutoff time from UTC 00:00:00 to stop running optimize jobs to
 # avoid spilling over to the next day.