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)