diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/codecell.js b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/codecell.js
index e565685..9de2f89 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/codecell.js
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/codecell.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
this.code_mirror = null;
this.input_prompt_number = null;
this.collapsed = false;
- this.default_mode = 'python';
+ this.default_mode = 'ipython';
var cm_overwrite_options = {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
CodeCell.options_default = {
cm_config : {
extraKeys: {"Tab": "indentMore","Shift-Tab" : "indentLess",'Backspace':"delSpaceToPrevTabStop"},
- mode: 'python',
+ mode: 'ipython',
theme: 'ipython',
matchBrackets: true
}