diff --git a/res/config/main.xml b/res/config/main.xml
index 9584ffbd..44c855c3 100644
--- a/res/config/main.xml
+++ b/res/config/main.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
         <default>false</default>
     </entry>
 
+    <entry name="defaultLayout" type="Int">
+	    <label>Change the default layout</label>
+        <default></default>
+    </entry>
+
     <entry name="ignoreActivity" type="String">
 	    <label>Do not apply tiling on some activities(comma-separated list of activity names)</label>
         <default></default>
diff --git a/res/install.sh b/res/install.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/res/ui/config.ui b/res/ui/config.ui
index f5091eec..9ce54aa9 100644
--- a/res/ui/config.ui
+++ b/res/ui/config.ui
@@ -178,11 +178,82 @@
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
+          <item>
+           <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>Default:</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="KComboBox" name="kcfg_defaultLayout">
+              <item>
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Tile Layout</string>
+               </property>
+              </item>
+              <item>
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Monocle Layout</string>
+               </property>
+              </item>
+              <item>
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Three Column Layout</string>
+               </property>
+              </item>
+              <item>
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Spiral Column Layout</string>
+               </property>
+              </item>
+              <item>
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Quarter Layout</string>
+               </property>
+              </item>
+              <item>
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Spread Layout</string>
+               </property>
+              </item>
+              <item>
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Stair Layout</string>
+               </property>
+              </item>
+              <item>
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Floating Layout</string>
+               </property>
+              </item>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <spacer name="horizontalSpacer">
+              <property name="orientation">
+               <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+              </property>
+              <property name="sizeType">
+               <enum>QSizePolicy::Expanding</enum>
+              </property>
+              <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+               <size>
+                <width>20</width>
+                <height>20</height>
+               </size>
+              </property>
+             </spacer>
+            </item>
+           </layout>
+          </item>
          </layout>
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item>
-        <spacer name="verticalSpacer_2">
+        <spacer name="verticalSpacer_6">
          <property name="orientation">
           <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
          </property>
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 25d0dba4..03133458 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ type LayoutFactories = { [key: string]: () => WindowsLayout };
 
 export class ConfigImpl implements Config {
   //#region Layout
+  public defaultLayout: number;
   public layoutOrder: string[];
   public layoutFactories: LayoutFactories;
   public maximizeSoleTile: boolean;
@@ -142,20 +143,22 @@ export class ConfigImpl implements Config {
 
     // TODO: Refactor this: config should not create factories. It is not its responsibility
     this.layoutOrder = [];
+    this.defaultLayout = this.kwinApi.KWin.readConfig("defaultLayout", 0);
     this.layoutFactories = {};
-    (
-      [
-        ["enableTileLayout", true, TileLayout],
-        ["enableMonocleLayout", true, MonocleLayout],
-        ["enableThreeColumnLayout", true, ThreeColumnLayout],
-        ["enableSpreadLayout", true, SpreadLayout],
-        ["enableStairLayout", true, StairLayout],
-        ["enableSpiralLayout", true, SpiralLayout],
-        ["enableQuarterLayout", false, QuarterLayout],
-        ["enableFloatingLayout", false, FloatingLayout],
-        ["enableCascadeLayout", false, CascadeLayout], // TODO: add config
-      ] as Array<[string, boolean, WindowsLayoutClass]>
-    ).forEach(([configKey, defaultValue, layoutClass]) => {
+    const layouts = [
+      ["enableTileLayout", true, TileLayout],
+      ["enableMonocleLayout", true, MonocleLayout],
+      ["enableThreeColumnLayout", true, ThreeColumnLayout],
+      ["enableSpreadLayout", true, SpreadLayout],
+      ["enableStairLayout", true, StairLayout],
+      ["enableSpiralLayout", true, SpiralLayout],
+      ["enableQuarterLayout", false, QuarterLayout],
+      ["enableFloatingLayout", false, FloatingLayout],
+      ["enableCascadeLayout", false, CascadeLayout], // TODO: add config
+    ] as Array<[string, boolean, WindowsLayoutClass]>;
+    
+    layouts.unshift(layouts.splice(this.defaultLayout, 1)[0]); // place the default layout at the top of the list
+    layouts.forEach(([configKey, defaultValue, layoutClass]) => {
       // For some reason if we put the curly brackets here script breaks
       // This will be dealt with, when this facility will be refactored out
       if (this.kwinApi.KWin.readConfig(configKey, defaultValue))