diff -Nur midori-0.5.7.orig/midori/midori-settings.vala midori-0.5.7/midori/midori-settings.vala

--- midori-0.5.7.orig/midori/midori-settings.vala	2014-01-15 13:43:34.000000000 -0700

+++ midori-0.5.7/midori/midori-settings.vala	2014-01-17 10:09:11.247077733 -0700

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@

         // [Deprecated (since = "0.5.7")]

         public bool always_show_tabbar { get; set; default = true; }

-        public string homepage { get; set; default = "about:search"; }

+        public string homepage { get; set; default = "https://start.fedoraproject.org"; }

         public string tabhome { get; set; default = "about:dial"; }

         static string default_download_folder () {

             return Environment.get_user_special_dir (UserDirectory.DOWNLOAD)