diff --git a/cmd/zrok/configGet.go b/cmd/zrok/configGet.go
index 45480da4..0d1905d0 100644
--- a/cmd/zrok/configGet.go
+++ b/cmd/zrok/configGet.go
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ func (cmd *configGetCommand) run(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		} else {
 			fmt.Println("apiEndpoint = <unset>")
 		}
+	case "defaultFrontend":
+		if env.Config() != nil && env.Config().DefaultFrontend != "" {
+			fmt.Printf("defaultFrontend = %v\n", env.Config().DefaultFrontend)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Println("defaultFrontend = <unset>")
+		}
 	default:
 		fmt.Printf("unknown config name '%v'\n", configName)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/zrok/configSet.go b/cmd/zrok/configSet.go
index 553102e9..44773fbf 100644
--- a/cmd/zrok/configSet.go
+++ b/cmd/zrok/configSet.go
@@ -63,6 +63,20 @@ func (cmd *configSetCommand) run(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			fmt.Printf("\n[%v]: because you have a %v-d environment, you won't see your config change until you run %v first!\n\n", tui.WarningLabel, tui.Code.Render("zrok enable"), tui.Code.Render("zrok disable"))
 		}
 
+	case "defaultFrontend":
+		if env.Config() == nil {
+			if err := env.SetConfig(&env_core.Config{DefaultFrontend: value}); err != nil {
+				tui.Error("unable to save config", err)
+			}
+		} else {
+			cfg := env.Config()
+			cfg.DefaultFrontend = value
+			if err := env.SetConfig(cfg); err != nil {
+				tui.Error("unable to save config", err)
+			}
+		}
+		fmt.Println("zrok configuration updated")
+
 	default:
 		fmt.Printf("unknown config name '%v'\n", configName)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/cmd/zrok/status.go b/cmd/zrok/status.go
index fe6d00be..f54f83cb 100644
--- a/cmd/zrok/status.go
+++ b/cmd/zrok/status.go
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ func (cmd *statusCommand) run(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	t.SetOutputMirror(os.Stdout)
 	t.SetStyle(table.StyleColoredDark)
 	t.AppendHeader(table.Row{"Config", "Value", "Source"})
-	apiEndpoint, from := env.ApiEndpoint()
-	t.AppendRow(table.Row{"apiEndpoint", apiEndpoint, from})
+	apiEndpoint, apiEndpointFrom := env.ApiEndpoint()
+	t.AppendRow(table.Row{"apiEndpoint", apiEndpoint, apiEndpointFrom})
+	defaultFrontend, defaultFrontendFrom := env.DefaultFrontend()
+	t.AppendRow(table.Row{"defaultFrontend", defaultFrontend, defaultFrontendFrom})
 	t.Render()
 	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\n")
 
diff --git a/environment/env_v0_4/root.go b/environment/env_v0_4/root.go
index 28804bac..f085f3f6 100644
--- a/environment/env_v0_4/root.go
+++ b/environment/env_v0_4/root.go
@@ -223,13 +223,14 @@ func loadConfig() (*env_core.Config, error) {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error unmarshaling config file '%v'", cf)
 	}
 	out := &env_core.Config{
-		ApiEndpoint: cfg.ApiEndpoint,
+		ApiEndpoint:     cfg.ApiEndpoint,
+		DefaultFrontend: cfg.DefaultFrontend,
 	}
 	return out, nil
 }
 
 func saveConfig(cfg *env_core.Config) error {
-	in := &config{ApiEndpoint: cfg.ApiEndpoint}
+	in := &config{ApiEndpoint: cfg.ApiEndpoint, DefaultFrontend: cfg.DefaultFrontend}
 	data, err := json.MarshalIndent(in, "", "  ")
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error marshaling config")
@@ -323,7 +324,8 @@ type metadata struct {
 }
 
 type config struct {
-	ApiEndpoint string `json:"api_endpoint"`
+	ApiEndpoint     string `json:"api_endpoint"`
+	DefaultFrontend string `json:"default_frontend"`
 }
 
 type environment struct {