diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8877a811..0e25415e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -415,6 +415,8 @@ You can now override the context portForward default address configuration by se
     maxConnRetry: 5
     # Indicates whether modification commands like delete/kill/edit are disabled. Default is false
     readOnly: false
+    # This setting allows users to specify the default view, but it is not set by default.
+    defaultView: ""
     # Toggles whether k9s should exit when CTRL-C is pressed. When set to true, you will need to exit k9s via the :quit command. Default is false.
     noExitOnCtrlC: false
     #UI settings
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index f7ab52b5..9e74a35b 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ func run(*cobra.Command, []string) error {
 		slog.Warn("Fail to load global/context configuration", slogs.Error, err)
 	}
 	app := view.NewApp(cfg)
+	if app.Config.K9s.DefaultView != "" {
+		app.Config.SetActiveView(app.Config.K9s.DefaultView)
+	}
+
 	if err := app.Init(version, *k9sFlags.RefreshRate); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/config/json/schemas/k9s.json b/internal/config/json/schemas/k9s.json
index 5b3e6b53..ebc2a5ec 100644
--- a/internal/config/json/schemas/k9s.json
+++ b/internal/config/json/schemas/k9s.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         "noExitOnCtrlC": { "type": "boolean" },
         "skipLatestRevCheck": { "type": "boolean" },
         "disablePodCounting": { "type": "boolean" },
+        "defaultView": { "type": "string" },
         "portForwardAddress": { "type": "string" },
         "ui": {
           "type": "object",
diff --git a/internal/config/k9s.go b/internal/config/k9s.go
index f32e0dfa..462f999c 100644
--- a/internal/config/k9s.go
+++ b/internal/config/k9s.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type K9s struct {
 	ImageScans          ImageScans `json:"imageScans" yaml:"imageScans"`
 	Logger              Logger     `json:"logger" yaml:"logger"`
 	Thresholds          Threshold  `json:"thresholds" yaml:"thresholds"`
+	DefaultView         string     `json:"defaultView" yaml:"defaultView"`
 	manualRefreshRate   int
 	manualReadOnly      *bool
 	manualCommand       *string
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ func (k *K9s) Merge(k1 *K9s) {
 	}
 
 	k.LiveViewAutoRefresh = k1.LiveViewAutoRefresh
+	k.DefaultView = k1.DefaultView
 	k.ScreenDumpDir = k1.ScreenDumpDir
 	k.RefreshRate = k1.RefreshRate
 	k.MaxConnRetry = k1.MaxConnRetry
diff --git a/internal/config/testdata/configs/default.yaml b/internal/config/testdata/configs/default.yaml
index 07eb60f7..feb8b77a 100644
--- a/internal/config/testdata/configs/default.yaml
+++ b/internal/config/testdata/configs/default.yaml
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ k9s:
     memory:
       critical: 90
       warn: 70
+  defaultView: ""
diff --git a/internal/config/testdata/configs/expected.yaml b/internal/config/testdata/configs/expected.yaml
index be1d6645..0fd8085a 100644
--- a/internal/config/testdata/configs/expected.yaml
+++ b/internal/config/testdata/configs/expected.yaml
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ k9s:
     memory:
       critical: 90
       warn: 70
+  defaultView: ""
diff --git a/internal/config/testdata/configs/k9s.yaml b/internal/config/testdata/configs/k9s.yaml
index 232c52b9..053fa9bf 100644
--- a/internal/config/testdata/configs/k9s.yaml
+++ b/internal/config/testdata/configs/k9s.yaml
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ k9s:
     memory:
       critical: 90
       warn: 70
+  defaultView: ""
diff --git a/internal/config/testdata/configs/k9s_toast.yaml b/internal/config/testdata/configs/k9s_toast.yaml
index dd6d0330..6433ca71 100644
--- a/internal/config/testdata/configs/k9s_toast.yaml
+++ b/internal/config/testdata/configs/k9s_toast.yaml
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ k9s:
     memory:
       critical: 90
       warn: 70
+  defaultView: ""