diff --git a/config/discovery.go b/config/discovery.go
index 4fb8508f0..30c24ea19 100644
--- a/config/discovery.go
+++ b/config/discovery.go
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package config
 
 type Discovery struct {
-	MDNS MDNS
+	MDNS    MDNS
+
+	//Routing sets default daemon routing mode.
+	Routing string
 }
 
 type MDNS struct {
diff --git a/config/init.go b/config/init.go
index 26ac8e6cc..e2d6a281f 100644
--- a/config/init.go
+++ b/config/init.go
@@ -38,10 +38,13 @@ func Init(out io.Writer, nBitsForKeypair int) (*Config, error) {
 		Datastore: datastore,
 		Bootstrap: BootstrapPeerStrings(bootstrapPeers),
 		Identity:  identity,
-		Discovery: Discovery{MDNS{
-			Enabled:  true,
-			Interval: 10,
-		}},
+		Discovery: Discovery{
+			MDNS: MDNS{
+				Enabled:  true,
+				Interval: 10,
+			},
+			Routing: "dht",
+		},
 
 		// setup the node mount points.
 		Mounts: Mounts{