diff --git a/src/pages/[slug].tsx b/src/pages/[slug].tsx
index 0878371c3..98d095a9b 100644
--- a/src/pages/[slug].tsx
+++ b/src/pages/[slug].tsx
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ import { LoadConfigComponent } from '../components/Config/LoadConfig';
 import { Dashboard } from '../components/Dashboard/Dashboard';
 import Layout from '../components/layout/Layout';
 import { useInitConfig } from '../config/init';
+import { getFallbackConfig } from '../tools/config/getFallbackConfig';
 import { getFrontendConfig } from '../tools/config/getFrontendConfig';
 import { getServerSideTranslations } from '../tools/getServerSideTranslations';
 import { dashboardNamespaces } from '../tools/translation-namespaces';
+import { ConfigType } from '../types/config';
 import { DashboardServerSideProps } from '../types/dashboardPageType';
 
 export async function getServerSideProps({
@@ -28,38 +30,7 @@ export async function getServerSideProps({
     res.end();
     return {
       props: {
-        config: {
-          schemaVersion: 1,
-          configProperties: {
-            name: 'Default Configuration',
-          },
-          apps: [],
-          settings: {
-            common: {
-              searchEngine: {
-                type: 'google',
-                properties: {
-                  enabled: true,
-                  openInNewTab: true,
-                },
-              },
-              defaultConfig: 'default',
-            },
-            customization: {
-              layout: {
-                enabledLeftSidebar: false,
-                enabledRightSidebar: false,
-                enabledSearchbar: true,
-                enabledDocker: false,
-                enabledPing: false,
-              },
-              colors: {},
-            },
-          },
-          categories: [],
-          wrappers: [],
-          widgets: [],
-        },
+        config: getFallbackConfig() as unknown as ConfigType,
         configName,
         ...translations,
       },
diff --git a/src/tools/config/getConfig.ts b/src/tools/config/getConfig.ts
index 73b124352..c17ee3881 100644
--- a/src/tools/config/getConfig.ts
+++ b/src/tools/config/getConfig.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import Consola from 'consola';
-import { BackendConfigType } from '../../types/config';
+import { BackendConfigType, ConfigType } from '../../types/config';
 import { backendMigrateConfig } from './backendMigrateConfig';
 import { configExists } from './configExists';
 import { getFallbackConfig } from './getFallbackConfig';
 import { readConfig } from './readConfig';
 
 export const getConfig = (name: string): BackendConfigType => {
-  if (!configExists(name)) return getFallbackConfig();
+  if (!configExists(name)) return getFallbackConfig() as unknown as ConfigType;
   // Else if config exists but contains no "schema_version" property
   // then it is an old config file and we should try to migrate it
   // to the new format.
diff --git a/src/tools/config/getFallbackConfig.ts b/src/tools/config/getFallbackConfig.ts
index 4777a8ffe..f6fd248ae 100644
--- a/src/tools/config/getFallbackConfig.ts
+++ b/src/tools/config/getFallbackConfig.ts
@@ -1,39 +1,8 @@
-import { BackendConfigType } from '../../types/config';
+import defaultConfig from '../../../data/configs/default.json';
 
-export const getFallbackConfig = (name?: string): BackendConfigType => ({
-  schemaVersion: 1,
+export const getFallbackConfig = (name?: string) => ({
+  ...defaultConfig,
   configProperties: {
     name: name ?? 'default',
   },
-  categories: [],
-  widgets: [],
-  apps: [],
-  settings: {
-    common: {
-      searchEngine: {
-        type: 'google',
-        properties: {
-          enabled: true,
-          openInNewTab: true,
-        },
-      },
-      defaultConfig: 'default',
-    },
-    customization: {
-      colors: {},
-      layout: {
-        enabledDocker: false,
-        enabledLeftSidebar: false,
-        enabledPing: false,
-        enabledRightSidebar: false,
-        enabledSearchbar: true,
-      },
-    },
-  },
-  wrappers: [
-    {
-      id: 'default',
-      position: 0,
-    },
-  ],
 });
diff --git a/src/tools/getConfig.ts b/src/tools/getConfig.ts
index d2a4a9c08..2c7526a7b 100644
--- a/src/tools/getConfig.ts
+++ b/src/tools/getConfig.ts
@@ -1,29 +1,14 @@
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
+import { getFallbackConfig } from './config/getFallbackConfig';
+import { ConfigType } from '../types/config';
 
 export function getConfig(name: string, props: any = undefined) {
   // Check if the config file exists
   const configPath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'data/configs', `${name}.json`);
   if (!fs.existsSync(configPath)) {
-    return {
-      props: {
-        configName: name,
-        config: {
-          name: name.toString(),
-          services: [],
-          settings: {
-            searchUrl: 'https://www.google.com/search?q=',
-          },
-          modules: {
-            'Search Bar': {
-              enabled: true,
-            },
-          },
-        },
-      },
-    };
+    return getFallbackConfig() as unknown as ConfigType;
   }
-
   const config = fs.readFileSync(configPath, 'utf8');
   // Print loaded config
   return {