diff --git a/app/routers/compute/compute.py b/app/routers/compute/compute.py
index f8a4cb5..71c80b4 100644
--- a/app/routers/compute/compute.py
+++ b/app/routers/compute/compute.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ async def get_job_status(
     job_id: str,
     request: Request,
     user: User = Depends(router.current_user),
-    historical: StrictHTTPBool | None = Query(default=False, description="Whether to include historical jobs. Defaults to false"),
+    historical: StrictHTTPBool | None = Query(default=True, description="Whether to include historical jobs. Defaults to true"),
     include_spec: StrictHTTPBool | None = Query(default=False, description="Whether to include the job specification. Defaults to false"),
     _forbid=Depends(forbidExtraQueryParams("historical", "include_spec")),
 ):
diff --git a/app/routers/compute/facility_adapter.py b/app/routers/compute/facility_adapter.py
index a8cbf9a..32adbdb 100644
--- a/app/routers/compute/facility_adapter.py
+++ b/app/routers/compute/facility_adapter.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ async def get_job(
         resource: status_models.Resource,
         user: User,
         job_id: str,
-        historical: bool = False,
+        historical: bool = True,
         include_spec: bool = False,
     ) -> compute_models.Job:
         pass