diff --git a/doc/config.html b/doc/config.html
index 8f5d8e43..a8379f3b 100755
--- a/doc/config.html
+++ b/doc/config.html
@@ -1475,6 +1475,14 @@ Subst on edit author = $full_name
         can be displayed. The <b><code>Subtext</code></b> filter works on the
         entry body text.
       </li>
+      
+      <li>
+        <b><code>Last default = &lt;n&gt;</code></b><br>
+        Some logbooks are very big ans searching through all entries with
+        quick filter can be time consuming. This option sets a default value
+        for the <code><b>Date</b></code> quick filter, so that by default
+        only the &lt;n&gt; days are displayed.
+      </li>
       <li>
         <b><code>Format &lt;attribute&gt; =
         &lt;flags&gt;,&lt;css_class_name&gt;,&lt;css_class_value&gt;,&lt;width&gt;,&lt;size&gt;</code></b><br>
diff --git a/src/elogd.c b/src/elogd.c
index 388f5f34..ff94ccf9 100755
--- a/src/elogd.c
+++ b/src/elogd.c
@@ -19169,6 +19169,11 @@ void show_page_filters(LOGBOOK * lbs, int n_msg, int page_n, BOOL mode_commands,
 
          if (strieq(list[index], "Date")) {
             i = isparam("last") ? atoi(getparam("last")) : 0;
+            
+            if (i == 0 && getcfg(lbs->name, "Last default", str, sizeof(str))) {
+               i = atoi(str);
+               setparam("last", str);
+            }
 
             rsprintf("<select title=\"%s\" name=last onChange=\"document.form1.submit()\">\n",
                      loc("Select period"));
@@ -20419,9 +20424,12 @@ void show_elog_list(LOGBOOK * lbs, int past_n, int last_n, int page_n, BOOL defa
             msg_list[i].lbs = NULL;
    }
 
-   if (isparam("last")) {
+   if (isparam("last") || getcfg(lbs->name, "Last default", str, sizeof(str))) {
       date_filtering = TRUE;
-      n = atoi(getparam("last"));
+      if (isparam("last"))
+         n = atoi(getparam("last"));
+      else
+         n = atoi(str);
 
       if (n > 0) {
          for (i = 0; i < n_msg; i++)