diff --git a/src/KiBoards/Models/Settings/KibanaSettingsChanges.cs b/src/KiBoards/Models/Settings/KibanaSettingsChanges.cs
index 9d5720c..4bb3f08 100644
--- a/src/KiBoards/Models/Settings/KibanaSettingsChanges.cs
+++ b/src/KiBoards/Models/Settings/KibanaSettingsChanges.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ namespace KiBoards.Models.Settings
     class KibanaSettingsChanges
     {
         [JsonPropertyName("theme:darkMode")]
-        public bool? ThemeDarkMode { get; set; }
+        public bool? ThemeDarkMode { get; set; } = null;
+
+        [JsonPropertyName("defaultRoute")]
+        public string DefaultRoute { get; set; } = null;
+
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/KiBoards/Services/KiBoardsKibanaClient.cs b/src/KiBoards/Services/KiBoardsKibanaClient.cs
index 3ec00f3..4ad6867 100644
--- a/src/KiBoards/Services/KiBoardsKibanaClient.cs
+++ b/src/KiBoards/Services/KiBoardsKibanaClient.cs
@@ -19,14 +19,24 @@ public KiBoardsKibanaClient(Uri kibanaUri, HttpClient httpClinet)
             _httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("kbn-xsrf", "true");
         }
 
-        public async Task SetDarkModeAsync(bool darkMode, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        private string GetSpaceBaseUrl(string spaceId) => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(spaceId) ? $"/s/{spaceId.ToLower()}" : string.Empty;
+
+        public async Task SetDarkModeAsync(bool darkMode, string spaceId, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             var content = JsonContent.Create(new KibanaSettingsRequest() { Changes = new KibanaSettingsChanges() { ThemeDarkMode = darkMode } });
-            var response = await _httpClient.PostAsync("api/kibana/settings", content);
+            var response = await _httpClient.PostAsync($"{GetSpaceBaseUrl(spaceId)}/api/kibana/settings", content);
             response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
         }
 
 
+        public async Task<bool> TrySetDefaultRoute(string defaultRoute, string spaceId, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            var content = JsonContent.Create(new KibanaSettingsRequest() { Changes = new KibanaSettingsChanges() { DefaultRoute = defaultRoute } });
+            var response = await _httpClient.PostAsync($"{GetSpaceBaseUrl(spaceId)}/api/kibana/settings", content);
+            return response.IsSuccessStatusCode;
+        }
+
+
         public async Task<ImportObjectsResponse> ImportSavedObjectsAsync(string ndjsonFile, string spaceId) => await ImportSavedObjectsAsync(ndjsonFile, spaceId, false, CancellationToken.None);
         public async Task<ImportObjectsResponse> ImportSavedObjectsAsync(string ndjsonFile, string spaceId, bool overwrite) => await ImportSavedObjectsAsync(ndjsonFile, spaceId, overwrite, CancellationToken.None);
         public async Task<ImportObjectsResponse> ImportSavedObjectsAsync(string ndjsonFile, string spaceId, bool overwrite, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
@@ -35,7 +45,7 @@ public async Task<ImportObjectsResponse> ImportSavedObjectsAsync(string ndjsonFi
             var streamContent = new StreamContent(File.Open(ndjsonFile, FileMode.Open));
             multipartContent.Add(streamContent, "file", ndjsonFile);
 
-            var response = await _httpClient.PostAsync($"{(spaceId != null ? $"/s/{spaceId.ToLower()}" : "")}/api/saved_objects/_import?overwrite={overwrite.ToString().ToLower()}", multipartContent);
+            var response = await _httpClient.PostAsync($"{GetSpaceBaseUrl(spaceId)}/api/saved_objects/_import?overwrite={overwrite.ToString().ToLower()}", multipartContent);
 
             response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
             var result = await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<ImportObjectsResponse>(new JsonSerializerOptions() { PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = true }, cancellationToken);
diff --git a/src/KiBoards/Startup.cs b/src/KiBoards/Startup.cs
index 3350442..8ae9932 100644
--- a/src/KiBoards/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/KiBoards/Startup.cs
@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ public Startup(IMessageSink messageSink)
                     var result = await kibanaClient.TryCreateSpaceAsync(Space.KiBoards);
 
                     if (result)
-                    {
                         messageSink.WriteMessage($"KiBoards space created successfully.");
-                    }
+
+                    await kibanaClient.TrySetDefaultRoute("/app/dashboards", Space.KiBoards.Id, CancellationToken.None);
+
 
                     var ndjsonFiles = Directory.GetFiles(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), attribute.SearchPattern);
 
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ public Startup(IMessageSink messageSink)
                             messageSink.WriteMessage("Warning: Some objects were not imported. Please ensure proper import order based on their dependencies.");
                     }
                 });
-            }
+            }            
         }
     }
 }