diff --git a/docker-compose/alerta-web/alertad.conf b/docker-compose/alerta-web/alertad.conf
index 8650866eea480d08cbce0975a48ea207cdb047fa..2e95d14289d00bb341b393f95f04a62614378767 100644
--- a/docker-compose/alerta-web/alertad.conf
+++ b/docker-compose/alerta-web/alertad.conf
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ SHELVE_TIMEOUT = 2 * 3600
 DATE_FORMAT_MEDIUM_DATE = "dd DD/MM HH:mm"
 DATE_FORMAT_LONG_DATE   = "yyyy-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.sss"
 
-# Default columns to list
+# Default overview settings
 COLUMNS = ['severity', 'status', 'lastReceiveTime', 'environment', 'resource', 'lofarDevice', 'lofarAttribute', 'event', 'text']
+DEFAULT_FILTER = {'status': ['open']}
+SORT_LIST_BY = "createTime"
+AUTO_REFRESH_INTERVAL = 5000 # ms
 
 # ------------------------------------
 #    Plugin configuration