diff --git a/tutorials/Tutorial8_Preprocessing.ipynb b/tutorials/Tutorial8_Preprocessing.ipynb
index 00d6bd7d0..3bd71db6a 100644
--- a/tutorials/Tutorial8_Preprocessing.ipynb
+++ b/tutorials/Tutorial8_Preprocessing.ipynb
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
     "converter = PDFToTextConverter(remove_numeric_tables=True, valid_languages=[\"en\"])\n",
     "doc_pdf = converter.convert(file_path=\"data/preprocessing_tutorial/bert.pdf\", meta=None)\n",
     "\n",
-    "converter = DocxToTextConverter(remove_numeric_tables=True, valid_languages=[\"en\"])\n",
+    "converter = DocxToTextConverter(remove_numeric_tables=False, valid_languages=[\"en\"])\n",
     "doc_docx = converter.convert(file_path=\"data/preprocessing_tutorial/heavy_metal.docx\", meta=None)\n"
    ],
    "metadata": {
@@ -520,4 +520,4 @@
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
  "nbformat_minor": 0
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tutorials/Tutorial8_Preprocessing.py b/tutorials/Tutorial8_Preprocessing.py
index 394d37c0e..e4f293854 100644
--- a/tutorials/Tutorial8_Preprocessing.py
+++ b/tutorials/Tutorial8_Preprocessing.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def tutorial8_preprocessing():
     converter = PDFToTextConverter(remove_numeric_tables=True, valid_languages=["en"])
     doc_pdf = converter.convert(file_path="data/preprocessing_tutorial/bert.pdf", meta=None)
 
-    converter = DocxToTextConverter(remove_numeric_tables=True, valid_languages=["en"])
+    converter = DocxToTextConverter(remove_numeric_tables=False, valid_languages=["en"])
     doc_docx = converter.convert(file_path="data/preprocessing_tutorial/heavy_metal.docx", meta=None)
 
     # Haystack also has a convenience function that will automatically apply the right converter to each file in a directory.