diff --git a/tasks/base.yml b/tasks/base.yml
index fe0d1b8..717dc99 100644
--- a/tasks/base.yml
+++ b/tasks/base.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
   - { key: "mail_smtpname",     value: "{{ nextcloud.mail.user|d('') }}" }
   - { key: "memcache.local",    value: '{{ "\OC\Memcache\APCu" }}' }
   - { key: "datadirectory",     value: "{{ nextcloud.datadir }}" }
+  - { key: "defaultapp",        value: "files" }
 
 - name: copy nextcloud nginx config
   template: