diff --git a/src/config.js b/src/config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e82a17e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const default_map = 'chroma'
diff --git a/src/stores/settings.js b/src/stores/settings.js
index 68f3778..764151b 100644
--- a/src/stores/settings.js
+++ b/src/stores/settings.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { sessionStore } from 'svelte-storages'
 
+import { default_map } from 'src/config'
+
 /**
  * - `lx`: left x of complex plane
  * - `rx`: right x of complex plane
@@ -12,6 +14,6 @@ export const draw = sessionStore('draw-settings', {
 })
 
 export const settings = sessionStore('settings', {
-	palette: 'default',
+	palette: default_map,
 	show_settings: true,
 })
diff --git a/src/utils/maps.js b/src/utils/maps.js
index 7cf2d83..9952fc6 100644
--- a/src/utils/maps.js
+++ b/src/utils/maps.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // palettes is from Fractint
 // mirror: https://github.com/jhol/fractint/blob/master/maps
 
-const DEFAULT_MAP = 'default'
+import { default_map } from 'src/config'
 
 export const MAPS = {
 	altern: { name: 'altern' },
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const MAPS = {
 
 export async function load_palette(name) {
 	if (MAPS[name] === undefined) {
-		name = DEFAULT_MAP
+		name = default_map
 	}
 	const response = await fetch(
 		import.meta.env.BASE_URL + 'maps/' + name + '.map'