diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index e41ea0948cc5..1918013f0806 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
       dev: '"'+ (grunt.option('es_port') ||  9200) +'"',
       dist: "(window.location.port !== '' ? ':'+window.location.port : '')"
     },
+    defaultRoute: {
+      dev: '/dashboard/file/marvel.overview.json',
+      dist: '/dashboard/elasticsearch/Marvel%20-%20Overview'
+    },
     kibanaPort: grunt.option('port') ||  5601,
     kibanaHost: 'localhost'
 
diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index 6b746c940d37..8757271916d3 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -1,56 +1,69 @@
-/**
- * These is the app's configuration, If you need to configure
- * the default dashboard, please see dashboards/default
+/** @scratch /configuration/config.js/1
+ * == Configuration
+ * config.js is where you will find the core Kibana configuration. This file contains parameter that
+ * must be set before kibana is run for the first time.
  */
 define(['settings'],
-function (Settings) {
+  function (Settings) {
+    "use strict";
 
-
-  return new Settings({
-
-    /**
-     * URL to your elasticsearch server. You almost certainly don't
-     * want 'http://localhost:9200' here. Even if Kibana and ES are on
-     * the same host
-     *
-     * By default this will attempt to reach ES at the same host you have
-     * elasticsearch installed on. You probably want to set it to the FQDN of your
-     * elasticsearch host
-     * @type {String}
+    /** @scratch /configuration/config.js/2
+     * === Parameters
      */
-    elasticsearch: "http://"+window.location.hostname+":"+@@port,
+    return new Settings({
 
-    /**
-     * The default ES index to use for storing Kibana specific object
-     * such as stored dashboards
-     * @type {String}
-     */
-    kibana_index: ".marvel-kibana",
+      /** @scratch /configuration/config.js/5
+       * ==== elasticsearch
+       *
+       * The URL to your elasticsearch server. You almost certainly don't
+       * want +http://localhost:9200+ here. Even if Kibana and Elasticsearch are on
+       * the same host. By default this will attempt to reach ES at the same host you have
+       * kibana installed on. You probably want to set it to the FQDN of your
+       * elasticsearch host
+       */
+      elasticsearch: "http://"+window.location.hostname+":"+@@port,
 
-    /**
-     * Panel modules available. Panels will only be loaded when they are defined in the
-     * dashboard, but this list is used in the "add panel" interface.
-     * @type {Array}
-     */
-    panel_names: [
-      'histogram',
-      'map',
-      'pie',
-      'table',
-      'filtering',
-      'timepicker',
-      'text',
-      'fields',
-      'hits',
-      'dashcontrol',
-      'column',
-      'derivequeries',
-      'trends',
-      'bettermap',
-      'query',
-      'terms',
-      'sparklines',
-      'marvel.stats_table'
-    ]
+      /** @scratch /configuration/config.js/5
+       * ==== default_route
+       *
+       * This is the default landing page when you don't specify a dashboard to load. You can specify
+       * files, scripts or saved dashboards here. For example, if you had saved a dashboard called
+       * `WebLogs' to elasticsearch you might use:
+       *
+       * +default_route: '/dashboard/elasticsearch/WebLogs',+
+       */
+      default_route     : '@@default_route',
+
+      /** @scratch /configuration/config.js/5
+       * ==== kibana-int
+       *
+       * The default ES index to use for storing Kibana specific object
+       * such as stored dashboards
+       */
+      kibana_index: ".marvel-kibana",
+
+      /** @scratch /configuration/config.js/5
+       * ==== panel_name
+       *
+       * An array of panel modules available. Panels will only be loaded when they are defined in the
+       * dashboard, but this list is used in the "add panel" interface.
+       */
+      panel_names: [
+        'histogram',
+        'map',
+        'pie',
+        'table',
+        'filtering',
+        'timepicker',
+        'text',
+        'hits',
+        'column',
+        'trends',
+        'bettermap',
+        'query',
+        'terms',
+        'sparklines',
+        'marvel.stats_table'
+      ]
+    });
   });
-});
diff --git a/tasks/options/replace.js b/tasks/options/replace.js
index 2016993ddaa3..ef1e90416eb0 100644
--- a/tasks/options/replace.js
+++ b/tasks/options/replace.js
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
           {
             match: 'port',
             replacement: '<%= esPort.dev %>',
+          },
+          {
+            match: 'default_route',
+            replacement: '<%= defaultRoute.dev %>',
           }
         ]
       },
@@ -20,6 +24,10 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
           {
             match: 'port',
             replacement: '<%= esPort.dist %>',
+          },
+          {
+            match: 'default_route',
+            replacement: '<%= defaultRoute.dist %>',
           }
         ]
       },