diff --git a/src/Resources/Locales/de_DE.axaml b/src/Resources/Locales/de_DE.axaml
index 689567a1..15d33b01 100644
--- a/src/Resources/Locales/de_DE.axaml
+++ b/src/Resources/Locales/de_DE.axaml
@@ -541,7 +541,6 @@
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance" xml:space="preserve">DARSTELLUNG</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.DefaultFont" xml:space="preserve">Standardschriftart</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.EditorTabWidth" xml:space="preserve">Editor Tab Breite</x:String>
-  <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.EnableCompactFolders" xml:space="preserve">Aktiviere kompakte Ordner im Änderungsbaum</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.FontSize" xml:space="preserve">Schriftgröße</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.FontSize.Default" xml:space="preserve">Standard</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.FontSize.Editor" xml:space="preserve">Texteditor</x:String>
@@ -558,6 +557,7 @@
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General" xml:space="preserve">ALLGEMEIN</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.Check4UpdatesOnStartup" xml:space="preserve">Beim Starten nach Updates suchen</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.DateFormat" xml:space="preserve">Datumsformat</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.EnableCompactFolders" xml:space="preserve">Aktiviere kompakte Ordner im Änderungsbaum</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.Locale" xml:space="preserve">Sprache</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.MaxHistoryCommits" xml:space="preserve">Commit-Historie</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.ShowAuthorTime" xml:space="preserve">Zeige Autor Zeitpunkt anstatt Commit Zeitpunkt</x:String>
diff --git a/src/Resources/Locales/en_US.axaml b/src/Resources/Locales/en_US.axaml
index e723a250..b06c7a49 100644
--- a/src/Resources/Locales/en_US.axaml
+++ b/src/Resources/Locales/en_US.axaml
@@ -536,7 +536,6 @@
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance" xml:space="preserve">APPEARANCE</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.DefaultFont" xml:space="preserve">Default Font</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.EditorTabWidth" xml:space="preserve">Editor Tab Width</x:String>
-  <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.EnableCompactFolders" xml:space="preserve">Enable compact folders in changes tree</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.FontSize" xml:space="preserve">Font Size</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.FontSize.Default" xml:space="preserve">Default</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.FontSize.Editor" xml:space="preserve">Editor</x:String>
@@ -553,9 +552,11 @@
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General" xml:space="preserve">GENERAL</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.Check4UpdatesOnStartup" xml:space="preserve">Check for updates on startup</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.DateFormat" xml:space="preserve">Date Format</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.EnableCompactFolders" xml:space="preserve">Enable compact folders in changes tree</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.Locale" xml:space="preserve">Language</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.MaxHistoryCommits" xml:space="preserve">History Commits</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.ShowAuthorTime" xml:space="preserve">Show author time instead of commit time in graph</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.ShowChangesPageByDefault" xml:space="preserve">Show `LOCAL CHANGES` page by default</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.ShowChildren" xml:space="preserve">Show children in the commit details</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.ShowTagsInGraph" xml:space="preserve">Show tags in commit graph</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.SubjectGuideLength" xml:space="preserve">Subject Guide Length</x:String>
diff --git a/src/Resources/Locales/es_ES.axaml b/src/Resources/Locales/es_ES.axaml
index 71cd212d..5b30894d 100644
--- a/src/Resources/Locales/es_ES.axaml
+++ b/src/Resources/Locales/es_ES.axaml
@@ -540,7 +540,6 @@
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance" xml:space="preserve">APARIENCIA</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.DefaultFont" xml:space="preserve">Fuente por defecto</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.EditorTabWidth" xml:space="preserve">Ancho de la Pestaña del Editor</x:String>
-  <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.EnableCompactFolders" xml:space="preserve">Habilitar carpetas compactas en el árbol de cambios</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.FontSize" xml:space="preserve">Tamaño de fuente</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.FontSize.Default" xml:space="preserve">Por defecto</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.FontSize.Editor" xml:space="preserve">Editor</x:String>
@@ -557,6 +556,7 @@
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General" xml:space="preserve">GENERAL</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.Check4UpdatesOnStartup" xml:space="preserve">Buscar actualizaciones al iniciar</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.DateFormat" xml:space="preserve">Formato de Fecha</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.EnableCompactFolders" xml:space="preserve">Habilitar carpetas compactas en el árbol de cambios</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.Locale" xml:space="preserve">Idioma</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.MaxHistoryCommits" xml:space="preserve">Commits en el historial</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.ShowAuthorTime" xml:space="preserve">Mostrar hora del autor en lugar de la hora del commit en el gráfico</x:String>
diff --git a/src/Resources/Locales/ru_RU.axaml b/src/Resources/Locales/ru_RU.axaml
index 8a4f48a9..8c2d83cc 100644
--- a/src/Resources/Locales/ru_RU.axaml
+++ b/src/Resources/Locales/ru_RU.axaml
@@ -529,7 +529,6 @@
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance" xml:space="preserve">ВИД</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.DefaultFont" xml:space="preserve">Шрифт по умолчанию</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.EditorTabWidth" xml:space="preserve">Редактировать ширину вкладки</x:String>
-  <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.EnableCompactFolders" xml:space="preserve">Включить компактные каталоги в дереве изменений</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.FontSize" xml:space="preserve">Размер шрифта</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.FontSize.Default" xml:space="preserve">По умолчанию</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.FontSize.Editor" xml:space="preserve">Редактор</x:String>
@@ -546,6 +545,7 @@
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General" xml:space="preserve">ОСНОВНЫЕ</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.Check4UpdatesOnStartup" xml:space="preserve">Проверить обновления при старте</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.DateFormat" xml:space="preserve">Формат даты</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.EnableCompactFolders" xml:space="preserve">Включить компактные каталоги в дереве изменений</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.Locale" xml:space="preserve">Язык</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.MaxHistoryCommits" xml:space="preserve">Максимальная длина истории</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.ShowAuthorTime" xml:space="preserve">Показывать время автора вместо времени ревизии на графике</x:String>
diff --git a/src/Resources/Locales/zh_CN.axaml b/src/Resources/Locales/zh_CN.axaml
index adb7bd93..08da7a5e 100644
--- a/src/Resources/Locales/zh_CN.axaml
+++ b/src/Resources/Locales/zh_CN.axaml
@@ -540,7 +540,6 @@
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance" xml:space="preserve">外观配置</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.DefaultFont" xml:space="preserve">缺省字体</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.EditorTabWidth" xml:space="preserve">编辑器制表符宽度</x:String>
-  <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.EnableCompactFolders" xml:space="preserve">在变更列表树中启用紧凑文件夹模式</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.FontSize" xml:space="preserve">字体大小</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.FontSize.Default" xml:space="preserve">默认</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.FontSize.Editor" xml:space="preserve">代码编辑器</x:String>
@@ -557,9 +556,11 @@
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General" xml:space="preserve">通用配置</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.Check4UpdatesOnStartup" xml:space="preserve">启动时检测软件更新</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.DateFormat" xml:space="preserve">日期时间格式</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.EnableCompactFolders" xml:space="preserve">在变更列表树中启用紧凑文件夹模式</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.Locale" xml:space="preserve">显示语言</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.MaxHistoryCommits" xml:space="preserve">最大历史提交数</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.ShowAuthorTime" xml:space="preserve">在提交路线图中显示修改时间而非提交时间</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.ShowChangesPageByDefault" xml:space="preserve">默认显示【本地更改】页</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.ShowChildren" xml:space="preserve">在提交详情页中显示子提交列表</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.ShowTagsInGraph" xml:space="preserve">在提交路线图中显示标签</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.SubjectGuideLength" xml:space="preserve">SUBJECT字数检测</x:String>
diff --git a/src/Resources/Locales/zh_TW.axaml b/src/Resources/Locales/zh_TW.axaml
index 31e115f5..7d229fb9 100644
--- a/src/Resources/Locales/zh_TW.axaml
+++ b/src/Resources/Locales/zh_TW.axaml
@@ -540,7 +540,6 @@
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance" xml:space="preserve">外觀設定</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.DefaultFont" xml:space="preserve">預設字型</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.EditorTabWidth" xml:space="preserve">編輯器 Tab 寬度</x:String>
-  <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.EnableCompactFolders" xml:space="preserve">在變更樹中啟用精簡文件夾顯示模式</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.FontSize" xml:space="preserve">字型大小</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.FontSize.Default" xml:space="preserve">預設</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.Appearance.FontSize.Editor" xml:space="preserve">程式碼</x:String>
@@ -557,9 +556,11 @@
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General" xml:space="preserve">一般設定</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.Check4UpdatesOnStartup" xml:space="preserve">啟動時檢查軟體更新</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.DateFormat" xml:space="preserve">日期時間格式</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.EnableCompactFolders" xml:space="preserve">在變更樹中啟用精簡文件夾顯示模式</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.Locale" xml:space="preserve">顯示語言</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.MaxHistoryCommits" xml:space="preserve">最大歷史提交數</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.ShowAuthorTime" xml:space="preserve">在提交路線圖中顯示修改時間而非提交時間</x:String>
+  <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.ShowChangesPageByDefault" xml:space="preserve">預設顯示「本機變更」頁面</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.ShowChildren" xml:space="preserve">在提交詳細資訊中顯示後續提交</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.ShowTagsInGraph" xml:space="preserve">在路線圖中顯示標籤</x:String>
   <x:String x:Key="Text.Preferences.General.SubjectGuideLength" xml:space="preserve">提交標題字數偵測</x:String>
diff --git a/src/ViewModels/Preferences.cs b/src/ViewModels/Preferences.cs
index aaa7863d..13805ffd 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/Preferences.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/Preferences.cs
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
             set => SetProperty(ref _layout, value);
         }
 
+        public bool ShowLocalChangesByDefault
+        {
+            get;
+            set;
+        } = false;
+
         public int MaxHistoryCommits
         {
             get => _maxHistoryCommits;
diff --git a/src/ViewModels/Repository.cs b/src/ViewModels/Repository.cs
index 7f5f0d22..bfa09808 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/Repository.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/Repository.cs
@@ -549,8 +549,17 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
             _histories = new Histories(this);
             _workingCopy = new WorkingCopy(this) { CommitMessage = _settings.LastCommitMessage };
             _stashesPage = new StashesPage(this);
-            _selectedView = _histories;
-            _selectedViewIndex = 0;
+
+            if (Preferences.Instance.ShowLocalChangesByDefault)
+            {
+                _selectedView = _workingCopy;
+                _selectedViewIndex = 1;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _selectedView = _histories;
+                _selectedViewIndex = 0;
+            }
 
             _lastFetchTime = DateTime.Now;
             _autoFetchTimer = new Timer(FetchInBackground, null, 5000, 5000);
diff --git a/src/Views/Preferences.axaml b/src/Views/Preferences.axaml
index ae7270ff..ddf63444 100644
--- a/src/Views/Preferences.axaml
+++ b/src/Views/Preferences.axaml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
           <TabItem.Header>
             <TextBlock Classes="tab_header" Text="{DynamicResource Text.Preferences.General}"/>
           </TabItem.Header>
-          <Grid Margin="8" RowDefinitions="32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,Auto,Auto" ColumnDefinitions="Auto,*">
+          <Grid Margin="8" RowDefinitions="32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,Auto" ColumnDefinitions="Auto,*">
             <TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0"
                        Text="{DynamicResource Text.Preferences.General.Locale}"
                        HorizontalAlignment="Right"
@@ -133,26 +133,36 @@
             </Grid>
 
             <CheckBox Grid.Row="5" Grid.Column="1"
+                      Height="32"
+                      Content="{DynamicResource Text.Preferences.General.ShowChangesPageByDefault}"
+                      IsChecked="{Binding ShowLocalChangesByDefault, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
+
+            <CheckBox Grid.Row="6" Grid.Column="1"
                       Height="32"
                       Content="{DynamicResource Text.Preferences.General.ShowAuthorTime}"
                       IsChecked="{Binding ShowAuthorTimeInGraph, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
 
-            <CheckBox Grid.Row="6" Grid.Column="1"
+            <CheckBox Grid.Row="7" Grid.Column="1"
                       Height="32"
                       Content="{DynamicResource Text.Preferences.General.ShowTagsInGraph}"
                       IsChecked="{Binding ShowTagsInGraph, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
 
-            <CheckBox Grid.Row="7" Grid.Column="1"
+            <CheckBox Grid.Row="8" Grid.Column="1"
                       Height="32"
                       Content="{DynamicResource Text.Preferences.General.ShowChildren}"
                       IsChecked="{Binding ShowChildren, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
 
-            <CheckBox Grid.Row="8" Grid.Column="1"
+            <CheckBox Grid.Row="9" Grid.Column="1"
+                      Height="32"
+                      Content="{DynamicResource Text.Preferences.General.EnableCompactFolders}"
+                      IsChecked="{Binding EnableCompactFoldersInChangesTree, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
+
+            <CheckBox Grid.Row="10" Grid.Column="1"
                       Height="32"
                       Content="{DynamicResource Text.Preferences.General.UpdateBlockNavigationOnScroll}"
                       IsChecked="{Binding UpdateBlockNavigationOnScroll, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
 
-            <CheckBox Grid.Row="9" Grid.Column="1"
+            <CheckBox Grid.Row="11" Grid.Column="1"
                       Height="32"
                       Content="{DynamicResource Text.Preferences.General.Check4UpdatesOnStartup}"
                       IsVisible="{x:Static s:App.IsCheckForUpdateCommandVisible}"
@@ -164,7 +174,7 @@
           <TabItem.Header>
             <TextBlock Classes="tab_header" Text="{DynamicResource Text.Preferences.Appearance}"/>
           </TabItem.Header>
-          <Grid Margin="8" RowDefinitions="32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,Auto" ColumnDefinitions="Auto,*">
+          <Grid Margin="8" RowDefinitions="32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,Auto" ColumnDefinitions="Auto,*">
             <TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0"
                        Text="{DynamicResource Text.Preferences.Appearance.Theme}"
                        HorizontalAlignment="Right"
@@ -271,11 +281,6 @@
                       IsChecked="{Binding UseFixedTabWidth, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
 
             <CheckBox Grid.Row="8" Grid.Column="1"
-                      Height="32"
-                      Content="{DynamicResource Text.Preferences.Appearance.EnableCompactFolders}"
-                      IsChecked="{Binding EnableCompactFoldersInChangesTree, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
-
-            <CheckBox Grid.Row="9" Grid.Column="1"
                       Height="32"
                       Content="{DynamicResource Text.Preferences.Appearance.UseNativeWindowFrame}"
                       IsChecked="{Binding UseSystemWindowFrame, Mode=OneTime}"