diff --git a/cli/src/config/revsets.toml b/cli/src/config/revsets.toml
index 2570d324d5..f37d649d7e 100644
--- a/cli/src/config/revsets.toml
+++ b/cli/src/config/revsets.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # NOTE: ensure you update docs/revsets.md with documentation when
 # adding/updating any of these aliases
 
+[revsets]
+log = "@ | ancestors(immutable_heads().., 2) | trunk()"
+
 [revset-aliases]
 'trunk()' = '''
 latest(
diff --git a/lib/src/settings.rs b/lib/src/settings.rs
index f9466807da..8497ced2a6 100644
--- a/lib/src/settings.rs
+++ b/lib/src/settings.rs
@@ -205,9 +205,7 @@ impl UserSettings {
     }
 
     pub fn default_revset(&self) -> String {
-        self.config
-            .get_string("revsets.log")
-            .unwrap_or_else(|_| "@ | ancestors(immutable_heads().., 2) | trunk()".to_string())
+        self.config.get_string("revsets.log").unwrap_or_default()
     }
 
     pub fn signature(&self) -> Signature {