diff --git a/defaults/yacy.init b/defaults/yacy.init
index 6cdd6785f..e8f2b78c5 100644
--- a/defaults/yacy.init
+++ b/defaults/yacy.init
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ federated.service.solr.indexing.sharding = MODULO_HOST_MD5
 federated.service.solr.indexing.schemefile = solr.keys.default.list
 
 # RDF triplestore settings
-triplestore.persistent = false
+triplestore.persistent = true
 
 # Augmentation settings
 parserAugmentation = false
diff --git a/htroot/Triplestore_p.html b/htroot/Triplestore_p.html
index fd1e20243..0606841ae 100644
--- a/htroot/Triplestore_p.html
+++ b/htroot/Triplestore_p.html
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ To see a list of all APIs, please visit the <a href="http://www.yacy-websuche.de
 
             <dl>
             
+            <dt>Triplestore size:</dt>
+              <dd>
+                #[size]#
+              </dd>
+            
             <dt><label for="content">Persistent store:</label></dt>
               <dd>
                 <input type="checkbox" name="tspersistentenabled" id="tspersistentenabled" #(tspersistentenabled_checked)#:: checked="checked"#(/tspersistentenabled_checked)# />Enabled<br/>
diff --git a/htroot/Triplestore_p.java b/htroot/Triplestore_p.java
index 58bf82e91..150ac4709 100644
--- a/htroot/Triplestore_p.java
+++ b/htroot/Triplestore_p.java
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import net.yacy.cora.lod.JenaTripleStore;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.RequestHeader;
 import de.anomic.server.serverObjects;
 import de.anomic.server.serverSwitch;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ public final class Triplestore_p {
 		
 //		prop.put("acceptfeedbackenabled_checked",
 //				env.getConfigBool("interaction.feedback.accept", false) ? "1" : "0");
-
+		prop.put("size", JenaTripleStore.size());
 
 		// return rewrite properties
 		return prop;