diff --git a/karaf/shell/admin/src/main/resources/org/apache/felix/karaf/shell/admin/etc/system.properties b/karaf/shell/admin/src/main/resources/org/apache/felix/karaf/shell/admin/etc/system.properties
index 32f7f3d..66bbaef 100644
--- a/karaf/shell/admin/src/main/resources/org/apache/felix/karaf/shell/admin/etc/system.properties
+++ b/karaf/shell/admin/src/main/resources/org/apache/felix/karaf/shell/admin/etc/system.properties
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@
 
 org.ops4j.pax.logging.DefaultServiceLog.level=ERROR
 karaf.name=${karaf.name}
+karaf.default.repository=system
 xml.catalog.files=