diff --git a/components/content/RefseqDb.vue b/components/content/RefseqDb.vue
index d9e22596ef8408d5c969f2e403128a9ea1387eac..e1aac22b682c238031d87937646dae9ca0546801 100644
--- a/components/content/RefseqDb.vue
+++ b/components/content/RefseqDb.vue
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ const availableTaxo: Ref<string[]> = ref([
 ]);
 
 const scaleTypes = ref<string[]>(['linear', 'sqrt', 'log', 'symlog'])
-const selectedTaxoRank = ref("phylum");
+const selectedTaxoRank = ref("Superkingdom");
 
 const headers = ref([
     { title: "Replicon", key: "replicon" },
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ const binPlotOptions = ref({
     grid: true,
     x: { tickRotate: 90, tip: true, label: "Systems" },
     // y: { tickFormat: 's' },
-    color: { scheme: "turbo", legend: true },
+    color: { scheme: "viridis", legend: true },
 })
 
 const binPlotDataOptions = computed(() => {