diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fe040703fa1f2d14a097efbb05dd08273710e1cb..24644142200cb71f75880c006ffe762dec06ae28 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ Another example with custom options :
 ```
 <zotero-vue-client
     default-type="user"
-    default-id="475425" 
+    default-id="475425"
+    default-query="1984"
     :options="{
         pageLength: 10,
         editableConfig: false
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a6a46dd675c33d5414ed869075c0d9b828390074..1ec2f9094c60304306aa3b9f662d287ed9b4ab71 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "zotero-vue-client",
-  "version": "0.1.3",
+  "version": "0.1.4",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "serve": "vue-cli-service serve",
diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index 88b3a526e80fd88adc02b302f7392d6f0656fdcf..1bd6af2a8af7a04f4c0d217798c5d1bc4a086e56 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <template>
-    <zotero-vue-client :default-type="resourceType" :default-id="groupOrUserId" @entry-selected="selectedEntry"/>
+    <zotero-vue-client :default-type="resourceType"
+                       :default-id="groupOrUserId"
+                       default-query="1984"
+                       @entry-selected="selectedEntry"/>
 </template>
 
 <script>
diff --git a/src/components/ZoteroVueClient.vue b/src/components/ZoteroVueClient.vue
index 2d6231d90ff625adec0b07078744f012950824b8..fc67a1279f67a0f4f442dd3dee6729fb69c305bb 100644
--- a/src/components/ZoteroVueClient.vue
+++ b/src/components/ZoteroVueClient.vue
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
     export default {
         name: 'ZoteroVueClient',
         props: {
+            defaultQuery: String,
             defaultId : String,
             defaultType : {
                 type : String,
@@ -94,8 +95,8 @@
                 currentPage:1,
                 pageLength: this.options.pageLength,
                 nbResults: 0,
-                textQuery : "",
-                format : this.options.format
+                format : this.options.format,
+                textQuery: this.defaultQuery || ""
 
             }
         },