diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a222fd9..ab18dada 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 - [#349](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/349): New `slug` field which allows you to manage the slug of your post from the Front Matter panel
 - [#350](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/350): New `previewPath` property for the `frontMatter.content.pageFolders` setting. This allows you to specify a section prefix for all content created in that directory.
 - [#351](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/351): New `template` property for content types which allows you to combine templates and content types for content creation
+- [#353](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/353): Add the default content type on project initialization
 
 ### 🐞 Fixes
 
diff --git a/src/commands/Project.ts b/src/commands/Project.ts
index e488f116..8e708f4c 100644
--- a/src/commands/Project.ts
+++ b/src/commands/Project.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE } from './../constants/ContentType';
 import { Telemetry } from './../helpers/Telemetry';
 import { workspace, Uri } from "vscode";
 import { join } from "path";
@@ -6,7 +7,7 @@ import { Notifications } from "../helpers/Notifications";
 import { Template } from "./Template";
 import { Folders } from "./Folders";
 import { FrameworkDetector, Logger, Settings } from "../helpers";
-import { SETTING_CONTENT_DEFAULT_FILETYPE, TelemetryEvent } from "../constants";
+import { SETTING_CONTENT_DEFAULT_FILETYPE, SETTING_TAXONOMY_CONTENT_TYPES, TelemetryEvent } from "../constants";
 import { SettingsListener } from '../listeners/dashboard';
 
 export class Project {
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ categories: []
     try {
       Settings.createTeamSettings();
 
+      // Add the default content type
+      Settings.update(SETTING_TAXONOMY_CONTENT_TYPES, [DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE], true);
+
       if (sampleTemplate !== undefined) {
         await Project.createSampleTemplate();
       } else {