diff --git a/app_template/metadata/default.meta b/app_template/metadata/default.meta
index 6b46abd6ad..51a8cf5c06 100644
--- a/app_template/metadata/default.meta
+++ b/app_template/metadata/default.meta
@@ -5,3 +5,10 @@ export = system
 
 [savedsearches]
 owner = admin
+
+## DO NOT EXPORT THE [default] stanza, and the [default] stanza alone.
+## Because this comes later in the default.meta file, it overrides the
+## export = system for [] above.
+## We MAY want to consider change the access, like making this stanza read-only or similar
+[savedsearches/default]
+export = none