diff --git a/backend/open_webui/config.py b/backend/open_webui/config.py
index 365544e80c..5a08a3b60b 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/config.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/config.py
@@ -1702,6 +1702,15 @@ except Exception as e:
 
 DEFAULT_MODEL_PARAMS = default_model_params
 
+
+try:
+    default_user_ui_settings = JSONCodec.loads(os.getenv('DEFAULT_USER_UI_SETTINGS', '{}'))
+except Exception as e:
+    log.exception(f'Error loading DEFAULT_USER_UI_SETTINGS: {e}')
+    default_user_ui_settings = {}
+
+DEFAULT_USER_UI_SETTINGS = default_user_ui_settings if isinstance(default_user_ui_settings, dict) else {}
+
 DEFAULT_USER_ROLE = os.getenv('DEFAULT_USER_ROLE', 'pending')
 
 DEFAULT_GROUP_ID = os.getenv('DEFAULT_GROUP_ID', '')
@@ -3055,6 +3064,7 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     'ui.default_locale': DEFAULT_LOCALE,
     'ui.default_models': DEFAULT_MODELS,
     'ui.default_pinned_models': DEFAULT_PINNED_MODELS,
+    'ui.default_user_settings': DEFAULT_USER_UI_SETTINGS,
     'ui.prompt_suggestions': DEFAULT_PROMPT_SUGGESTIONS,
     'ui.model_order_list': MODEL_ORDER_LIST,
     'models.default_metadata': DEFAULT_MODEL_METADATA,