diff --git a/peach-web/src/private_router.rs b/peach-web/src/private_router.rs
index 975eb75..e48f337 100644
--- a/peach-web/src/private_router.rs
+++ b/peach-web/src/private_router.rs
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ pub fn mount_peachpub_routes(
             routes::settings::scuttlebutt::configure::handle_form(request, true)
         },
 
+        (GET) (/settings/scuttlebutt/configure/default) => {
+            routes::settings::scuttlebutt::default::write_config()
+        },
+
         (GET) (/settings/theme/{theme: String}) => {
             routes::settings::theme::set_theme(theme)
         },
diff --git a/peach-web/src/routes/settings/scuttlebutt/default.rs b/peach-web/src/routes/settings/scuttlebutt/default.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..daf8d94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/peach-web/src/routes/settings/scuttlebutt/default.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+use peach_lib::sbot::SbotConfig;
+use rouille::Response;
+
+use crate::utils::flash::FlashResponse;
+
+/// Set default configuration parameters for the go-sbot and save them to file.
+pub fn write_config() -> Response {
+    let default_config = SbotConfig::default();
+    // write default config to file
+    let (name, msg) = match SbotConfig::write(default_config) {
+        Ok(_) => ("success", "Restored default configuration".to_string()),
+        Err(e) => (
+            "error",
+            format!("Failed to restore default configuration: {}", e),
+        ),
+    };
+
+    let (flash_name, flash_msg) = (format!("flash_name={}", name), format!("flash_msg={}", msg));
+
+    Response::redirect_303("/settings/scuttlebutt/configure").add_flash(flash_name, flash_msg)
+}
diff --git a/peach-web/src/routes/settings/scuttlebutt/mod.rs b/peach-web/src/routes/settings/scuttlebutt/mod.rs
index e969135..f4d9faf 100644
--- a/peach-web/src/routes/settings/scuttlebutt/mod.rs
+++ b/peach-web/src/routes/settings/scuttlebutt/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod configure;
+pub mod default;
 pub mod menu;
 pub mod restart;
 pub mod start;