diff --git a/roles/slurm/templates/slurm-vpn.conf.j2 b/roles/slurm/templates/slurm-vpn.conf.j2
index 9e4f5867638ae20ebc24a26e018f07c5c4710b59..b5506e57ae4fa3f11ef81acf3913c20a5647a80c 100644
--- a/roles/slurm/templates/slurm-vpn.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/slurm/templates/slurm-vpn.conf.j2
@@ -105,5 +105,5 @@ NodeName={{ node }} NodeAddr={{ node }}-vpn Procs={{ hostvars[node]['ansible_pro
 {% endfor %}
 
 {% for queue in slurmqueues %}
-PartitionName={{ queue.name }} Nodes={{ groups[queue.group]|join(',') }}
+PartitionName={{ queue.name }} Default=yes Nodes={{ groups[queue.group]|join(',') }}
 {% endfor %}