diff --git a/core/ui/SearchResults.tid b/core/ui/SearchResults.tid
index 93acc607c..a5246250a 100644
--- a/core/ui/SearchResults.tid
+++ b/core/ui/SearchResults.tid
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: $:/core/ui/SearchResults
 <$transclude/>
 </$list>
 """>
-<<tabs "[all[shadows+tiddlers]tag[$:/tags/SearchResults]!has[draft.of]]" "$:/core/ui/DefaultSearchResultList">>
+<$macrocall $name="tabs" tabsList="[all[shadows+tiddlers]tag[$:/tags/SearchResults]!has[draft.of]]" default={{$:/config/SearchResults/Default}}/>
 </$list>
 
 </div>
diff --git a/core/wiki/config/SearchResultsDefault.tid b/core/wiki/config/SearchResultsDefault.tid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92f872f2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/wiki/config/SearchResultsDefault.tid
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+title: $:/config/SearchResults/Default
+
+$:/core/ui/DefaultSearchResultList
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/editions/prerelease/tiddlers/Customising search results.tid b/editions/prerelease/tiddlers/Customising search results.tid
index 0816c7061..b08500421 100644
--- a/editions/prerelease/tiddlers/Customising search results.tid	
+++ b/editions/prerelease/tiddlers/Customising search results.tid	
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ To create a new search result visualisation:
 # Create a new tiddler tagged [[$:/tags/SearchResults]]
 # Use the widget variable ''searchTiddler'' to access the title of the tiddler containing the current search term
 
+If you'd like the new visualisation to be the default, create a tiddler called [[$:/config/SearchResults/Default]] containing the title of the tiddler containing the search visualisation that you want to display by default.
+
 Here is an example of an alternative visualisation that displays results in reverse chronological order:
 
 ```