diff --git a/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/app/proguard-rules.pro b/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
index 6e8516c8d6d..d8ec99250e5 100644
--- a/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 # Disabling obfuscation is useful if you collect stack traces from production crashes
 # (unless you are using a system that supports de-obfuscate the stack traces).
--dontobfuscate
+# -dontobfuscate
 
 # React Native