diff --git a/htroot/ViewFile.html b/htroot/ViewFile.html
index c1d2ccd0d..5edae6672 100644
--- a/htroot/ViewFile.html
+++ b/htroot/ViewFile.html
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function updatepage(str) {
     html += "<td>URL from index (total results = " + totalResults + ")<\/td>";
     for (var i = 0; i < firstChannel.items.length; i++) {
         item = firstChannel.items[i];
-        html += "<tr class=\"TableCellLight\"><td align=\"left\"><a href=\"ViewFile.html?url=" + item.link + "\">" + item.link + "<\/a><\/td>";
+        html += "<tr class=\"TableCellLight\"><td align=\"left\"><a href=\"ViewFile.html?viewMode=#[viewModeValue]#&url=" + item.link + "\">" + item.link + "<\/a><\/td>";
     }
     html += "<\/table>";
   }
diff --git a/htroot/ViewFile.java b/htroot/ViewFile.java
index 9a04a1fc6..d99ada761 100644
--- a/htroot/ViewFile.java
+++ b/htroot/ViewFile.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class ViewFile {
         prop.put("topmenu", sb.getConfigBool("publicTopmenu", true) ? 1 : 0);
         prop.put("moar", 0);
         prop.put("viewMode", VIEW_MODE_NO_TEXT);
-        prop.put("viewModeValue", "");
+        prop.put("viewModeValue", "sentences");
         prop.putHTML("error_words", "");
         prop.put("error_vMode-sentences", "1");
         prop.put("error", "1");