diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/config.py b/qutebrowser/config/config.py
index 2dba208..7d6c9aa 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/config/config.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/config/config.py
@@ -98,4 +98,5 @@ colorscheme = f"{state_dir}/qutebrowser/colorscheme.py"
 if os.path.isfile(colorscheme):
     config.source(colorscheme)
 
-c.url.start_pages = "https://html.duckduckgo.com/lite"
+c.url.start_pages = ["https://html.duckduckgo.com/lite"]
+c.url.default_page = "https://html.duckduckgo.com/lite"
diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/searchengines.py b/qutebrowser/config/searchengines.py
index 67cbe61..ead0cd6 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/config/searchengines.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/config/searchengines.py
@@ -30,5 +30,3 @@ c.url.searchengines = {
     "w": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search={}",
     "yt": "https://yewtu.be/search?q={}",
 }
-c.url.default_page = "https://start.duckduckgo.com"
-c.url.start_pages = ["https://start.duckduckgo.com"]