diff --git a/system/blueprints/config/system.yaml b/system/blueprints/config/system.yaml
index 60e16f817..80eb4c039 100644
--- a/system/blueprints/config/system.yaml
+++ b/system/blueprints/config/system.yaml
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ form:
                     highlight: asc
                     default: desc
                     help: PLUGIN_ADMIN.TWIG_FIRST_HELP
-                    highlight: 1
+                    highlight: 0
                     options:
                         1: PLUGIN_ADMIN.YES
                         0: PLUGIN_ADMIN.NO
diff --git a/system/config/system.yaml b/system/config/system.yaml
index e88028801..0fc94b384 100644
--- a/system/config/system.yaml
+++ b/system/config/system.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pages:
   process:
     markdown: true                          # Process Markdown
     twig: false                             # Process Twig
-  twig_first: true                          # Process Twig before markdown when processing both on a page
+  twig_first: false                         # Process Twig before markdown when processing both on a page
   events:
     page: true                              # Enable page level events
     twig: true                              # Enable twig level events
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
index 77f4470fa..aa7ab1dbf 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
@@ -484,9 +484,9 @@ class Page
 
             $process_markdown = $this->shouldProcess('markdown');
             $process_twig = $this->shouldProcess('twig');
-            $cache_enable = isset($this->header->cache_enable) ? $this->header->cache_enable : true;
+            $cache_enable = isset($this->header->cache_enable) ? $this->header->cache_enable : $config->get('system.cache.enabled', true);
             $twig_first = isset($this->header->twig_first) ? $this->header->twig_first : $config->get('system.pages.twig_first', true);
-            $twig_already_processed = false;
+
 
             // if no cached-content run everything
             if ($this->content === false || $cache_enable == false) {
@@ -496,7 +496,6 @@ class Page
                 if ($twig_first) {
                     if ($process_twig) {
                         $this->processTwig();
-                        $twig_already_processed = true;
                     }
                     if ($process_markdown) {
                         $this->processMarkdown();
@@ -518,7 +517,6 @@ class Page
 
                     if ($process_twig) {
                         $this->processTwig();
-                        $twig_already_processed = true;
                     }
                     if ($cache_enable) {
                         $this->cachePageContent();
@@ -526,11 +524,6 @@ class Page
                 }
             }
 
-            // only markdown content cached, process twig if required and not already processed
-            if ($process_twig && !$cache_enable && !$twig_already_processed) {
-                $this->processTwig();
-            }
-
             // Handle summary divider
             $delimiter = $config->get('site.summary.delimiter', '===');
             $divider_pos = mb_strpos($this->content, "<p>{$delimiter}</p>");