diff --git a/Netdisco/Changes b/Netdisco/Changes
index 4df0f2c3..1bbbc46e 100644
--- a/Netdisco/Changes
+++ b/Netdisco/Changes
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
   * Kwalitee fixes
   * Change default number of pollers to 10
+  * Default netmap depth set to 8
 
   [BUG FIXES]
 
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/Plugin/Device/Neighbors.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/Plugin/Device/Neighbors.pm
index dc283eba..ded2d6bc 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/Plugin/Device/Neighbors.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/Plugin/Device/Neighbors.pm
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ get '/ajax/data/device/netmap' => require_login sub {
     my $vlan = param('vlan');
     undef $vlan if (defined $vlan and $vlan !~ m/^\d+$/);
 
-    my $depth = param('depth');
+    my $depth = (param('depth') || 8);
     undef $depth if (defined $depth and $depth !~ m/^\d+$/);
 
     my $device = schema('netdisco')->resultset('Device')
diff --git a/Netdisco/share/views/sidebar/device/netmap.tt b/Netdisco/share/views/sidebar/device/netmap.tt
index cfa8b00b..d46eaaa5 100644
--- a/Netdisco/share/views/sidebar/device/netmap.tt
+++ b/Netdisco/share/views/sidebar/device/netmap.tt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
               <em class="muted nd_sidebar-label">Draw to Depth:</em><br/>
               <input id="nd_port-query" placeholder="" type="number"
-                name="depth" value="[% params.depth | html_entity %]" type="text"
+                name="depth" value="[% params.depth || 8 | html_entity %]" type="text"
                 rel="tooltip" data-placement="left" data-offset="5" data-title="Max Depth"/>
 
               <em class="muted nd_sidebar-label">Filter by VLAN:</em><br/>