diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9b99aca..566b302 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Array of regular expressions to be matched against URLS **and** URIs and their r
 
 #### skin
 
-Skin used by default in views (**default**: `portal`)
+Skin used by default in views (**default**: `"portal"`)
 
 #### users
 
diff --git a/config.lua b/config.lua
index ab31ebd..e464c49 100644
--- a/config.lua
+++ b/config.lua
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ function get_config()
         ldap_identifier           = "uid",
         ldap_attributes           = {"uid", "givenname", "sn", "cn", "homedirectory", "mail", "maildrop"},
         allow_mail_authentication = true,
+        skin                      = "portal",
         default_language          = "en"
     }