diff --git a/packages/app/src/atoms/config/upsetConfigAtoms.ts b/packages/app/src/atoms/config/upsetConfigAtoms.ts
index 3fd58c7a..17931501 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/atoms/config/upsetConfigAtoms.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/atoms/config/upsetConfigAtoms.ts
@@ -1,38 +1,10 @@
-import { UpsetConfig } from '@visdesignlab/upset2-core';
+import { UpsetConfig, DefaultConfig } from '@visdesignlab/upset2-core';
 import { atom } from 'recoil';
 
-export const defaultConfig: UpsetConfig = {
-  plotInformation: {
-    description: '',
-    sets: '',
-    items: '',
-  },
-  firstAggregateBy: 'None',
-  firstOverlapDegree: 2,
-  secondAggregateBy: 'None',
-  secondOverlapDegree: 2,
-  sortVisibleBy: 'Alphabetical',
-  sortBy: 'Size',
-  sortByOrder: 'Descending',
-  filters: {
-    maxVisible: 3,
-    minVisible: 0,
-    hideEmpty: true,
-    hideNoSet: false,
-  },
-  visibleSets: [],
-  visibleAttributes: [],
-  bookmarkedIntersections: [],
-  collapsed: [],
-  plots: {
-    scatterplots: [],
-    histograms: [],
-    wordClouds: [],
-  },
-  allSets: [],
-};
+// fields can be edited here to stray from default config
+const config = { ...DefaultConfig };
 
 export const upsetConfigAtom = atom<UpsetConfig>({
   key: 'app-config',
-  default: defaultConfig,
+  default: config,
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/src/defaultConfig.ts b/packages/core/src/defaultConfig.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30dd358e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/defaultConfig.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { UpsetConfig } from './types';
+
+export const DefaultConfig: UpsetConfig = {
+  plotInformation: {
+    description: '',
+    sets: '',
+    items: '',
+  },
+  horizontal: false,
+  firstAggregateBy: 'None',
+  firstOverlapDegree: 2,
+  secondAggregateBy: 'None',
+  secondOverlapDegree: 2,
+  sortVisibleBy: 'Alphabetical',
+  sortBy: 'Size',
+  sortByOrder: 'Descending',
+  filters: {
+    maxVisible: 6,
+    minVisible: 0,
+    hideEmpty: true,
+    hideNoSet: false,
+  },
+  visibleSets: [],
+  visibleAttributes: [],
+  bookmarkedIntersections: [],
+  collapsed: [],
+  plots: {
+    scatterplots: [],
+    histograms: [],
+    wordClouds: [],
+  },
+  allSets: [],
+};
diff --git a/packages/core/src/index.ts b/packages/core/src/index.ts
index 4af4e2b6..034762fa 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/index.ts
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ export * from './aggregate';
 export * from './sort';
 export * from './filter';
 export * from './render';
+export * from './defaultConfig';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/types.ts b/packages/core/src/types.ts
index c6bbbeab..0e76157f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/types.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 export type ColumnName = string;
 
 export type Column = {
-  name: string,
-  size: number
+  name: string;
+  size: number;
 };
 
 export type ColumnDefs = {
   [columnName: string]: 'number' | 'boolean' | 'string' | 'label';
 };
 
+export type Meta = {
+  columns: ColumnDefs;
+};
+
 export type PlotInformation = {
   description: string;
   sets: string;
@@ -161,6 +165,7 @@ export type Bookmark = { id: string; label: string; size: number }
 
 export type UpsetConfig = {
   plotInformation: PlotInformation;
+  horizontal: boolean;
   firstAggregateBy: AggregateBy;
   firstOverlapDegree: number;
   secondAggregateBy: AggregateBy;
diff --git a/packages/upset/src/atoms/config/upsetConfigAtoms.ts b/packages/upset/src/atoms/config/upsetConfigAtoms.ts
index f652346e..7432377d 100644
--- a/packages/upset/src/atoms/config/upsetConfigAtoms.ts
+++ b/packages/upset/src/atoms/config/upsetConfigAtoms.ts
@@ -1,39 +1,8 @@
-import { UpsetConfig } from '@visdesignlab/upset2-core';
+import { UpsetConfig, DefaultConfig } from '@visdesignlab/upset2-core';
 import { atom } from 'recoil';
 
 // This config is overruled by any config provided by an external source
-export const defaultConfig: UpsetConfig = {
-  plotInformation: {
-    description: '',
-    sets: '',
-    items: '',
-  },
-  firstAggregateBy: 'None',
-  firstOverlapDegree: 2,
-  secondAggregateBy: 'None',
-  secondOverlapDegree: 2,
-  sortVisibleBy: 'Alphabetical',
-  sortBy: 'Size',
-  sortByOrder: 'Descending',
-  filters: {
-    maxVisible: 3,
-    minVisible: 0,
-    hideEmpty: true,
-    hideNoSet: false,
-  },
-  visibleSets: [],
-  visibleAttributes: [],
-  bookmarkedIntersections: [],
-  collapsed: [],
-  plots: {
-    scatterplots: [],
-    histograms: [],
-    wordClouds: [],
-  },
-  allSets: [],
-};
-
 export const upsetConfigAtom = atom<UpsetConfig>({
   key: 'upset-config',
-  default: defaultConfig,
+  default: DefaultConfig,
 });
diff --git a/packages/upset/src/atoms/provenanceAtom.ts b/packages/upset/src/atoms/provenanceAtom.ts
index 62ae54c1..69a962af 100644
--- a/packages/upset/src/atoms/provenanceAtom.ts
+++ b/packages/upset/src/atoms/provenanceAtom.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-import { UpsetConfig } from '@visdesignlab/upset2-core';
+import { UpsetConfig, DefaultConfig } from '@visdesignlab/upset2-core';
 import { atom } from 'recoil';
 
-import { defaultConfig } from './config/upsetConfigAtoms';
-
 export const stateAtom = atom<UpsetConfig>({
   key: 'upset-state',
-  default: defaultConfig,
+  default: DefaultConfig,
 });
diff --git a/packages/upset/src/components/Upset.tsx b/packages/upset/src/components/Upset.tsx
index 98756f63..39c7e660 100644
--- a/packages/upset/src/components/Upset.tsx
+++ b/packages/upset/src/components/Upset.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import { Box, ThemeProvider } from '@mui/material';
-import { CoreUpsetData, UpsetConfig } from '@visdesignlab/upset2-core';
+import { CoreUpsetData, UpsetConfig, DefaultConfig } from '@visdesignlab/upset2-core';
 import { FC, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { RecoilRoot } from 'recoil';
 
-import { defaultConfig } from '../atoms/config/upsetConfigAtoms';
 import { UpsetActions, UpsetProvenance } from '../provenance';
 import defaultTheme from '../utils/theme';
 import { Root } from './Root';
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ export const Upset: FC<UpsetProps> = ({
   // Combine the partial config and add visible sets if empty
   // Also add missing attributes if specified
   const combinedConfig = useMemo(() => {
-    const conf: UpsetConfig = { ...defaultConfig, ...config };
+    const conf: UpsetConfig = { ...DefaultConfig, ...config };
 
     if (conf.visibleSets.length === 0) {
       const setList = Object.entries(data.sets);
diff --git a/packages/upset/src/index.tsx b/packages/upset/src/index.tsx
index a9bb0b42..c73e472a 100644
--- a/packages/upset/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/upset/src/index.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ export {
 
 export {
   upsetConfigAtom,
-  defaultConfig,
 } from './atoms/config/upsetConfigAtoms';
 
 export * from './utils/downloads';
diff --git a/packages/upset/src/provenance/index.ts b/packages/upset/src/provenance/index.ts
index 972b3e20..b3a30654 100644
--- a/packages/upset/src/provenance/index.ts
+++ b/packages/upset/src/provenance/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/explicit-function-return-type */
 import {
-  AggregateBy, Plot, PlotInformation, SortBy, SortByOrder, SortVisibleBy, UpsetConfig,
+  AggregateBy, Plot, PlotInformation, SortBy, SortByOrder, SortVisibleBy, UpsetConfig, DefaultConfig,
 } from '@visdesignlab/upset2-core';
 
 import { Registry, initializeTrrack } from '@trrack/core';
-import { defaultConfig } from '../atoms/config/upsetConfigAtoms';
 
 export type Metadata = {
   [key: string]: unknown;
@@ -302,7 +301,7 @@ export function initializeProvenanceTracking(
   config: Partial<UpsetConfig> = {},
   setter?: (state: UpsetConfig) => void,
 ) {
-  const finalConfig: UpsetConfig = { ...defaultConfig, ...config };
+  const finalConfig: UpsetConfig = { ...DefaultConfig, ...config };
 
   const provenance = initializeTrrack(
     { initialState: finalConfig, registry },
@@ -326,7 +325,7 @@ export function getActions(provenance: UpsetProvenance) {
     secondAggregateBy: (aggBy: AggregateBy) => provenance.apply(`Second aggregate by ${aggBy}`, secondAggAction(aggBy)),
     secondOverlapBy: (overlap: number) => provenance.apply(`Second overlap by ${overlap}`, secondOverlapAction(overlap)),
     sortVisibleBy: (sort: SortVisibleBy) => provenance.apply(`Sort Visible Sets by ${sort}`, sortVisibleSetsAction(sort)),
-    sortBy: (sort: SortBy, sortByOrder: SortByOrder) => provenance.apply(`Sort by ${sort}, ${sortByOrder}`, sortByAction({sort, sortByOrder})),
+    sortBy: (sort: SortBy, sortByOrder: SortByOrder) => provenance.apply(`Sort by ${sort}, ${sortByOrder}`, sortByAction({ sort, sortByOrder })),
     setMaxVisible: (val: number) => provenance.apply(`Hide intersections above ${val}`, maxVisibleAction(val)),
     setMinVisible: (val: number) => provenance.apply(`Hide intersections below ${val}`, minVisibleAction(val)),
     setHideEmpty: (val: boolean) => provenance.apply(val ? 'Hide empty intersections' : 'Show empty intersections', hideEmptyAction(val)),