diff --git a/templates/repository/commit.html b/templates/repository/commit.html
index e3de9bf..7973425 100644
--- a/templates/repository/commit.html
+++ b/templates/repository/commit.html
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         
         <br /><br /><br /><br />
         
-        <details class="diffstat" open>
+        <details class="diffstat" {{ 'open' if defaults.DIFF_SHOW_DIFFSTAT }}>
             {# pygit2 appears to recompute all the stats every time we use diff.stats,
              # therefore we set this variable in order to compute it only once.
              #}
diff --git a/web.py b/web.py
index 26ac0c5..62a2060 100644
--- a/web.py
+++ b/web.py
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ INSTANCE_DOMAIN = 'domain.local'
 # How many commits to show in the log page
 LOG_PAGINATION = 100
 
+# Default options when showing diffs in "commit" page
+DIFF_VIEW = 'udiff' # "udiff", "ssdiff"
+DIFF_CONTEXT_LINES = 3
+DIFF_INTERHUNK_LINES = 0
+DIFF_SHOW_DIFFSTAT = False
+DIFF_SIDE = 'normal' # "normal", "reverse"
+DIFF_WHITESPACE = 'include' # "include", "ignore_all", "ignore_change", "ignore_eol"
+
 
 
 
@@ -167,7 +175,10 @@ template = functools.partial(template, template_settings = {
         'now': lambda: datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc),
         'request': request,
         'url': application.get_url,
-        'zip_longest': itertools.zip_longest
+        'zip_longest': itertools.zip_longest,
+        'defaults': {
+            'DIFF_SHOW_DIFFSTAT': DIFF_SHOW_DIFFSTAT
+        }
     },
     'autoescape': True
 })
@@ -545,21 +556,21 @@ def commit(repository, commit_id):
     
     # Diff options
     
-    diff_mode = 'udiff'
+    diff_mode = DIFF_VIEW
     if 'mode' in request.query:
         if request.query.get('mode') in [ 'udiff', 'ssdiff' ]:
             diff_mode = request.query.get('mode')
         else:
             bottle.abort(400, 'Bad request: mode')
     
-    try:    diff_context_lines = int(request.query.get('context_lines', 3))
+    try:    diff_context_lines = int(request.query.get('context_lines', DIFF_CONTEXT_LINES))
     except: bottle.abort(400, 'Bad request: context_lines')
     
-    try:    diff_inter_hunk_lines = int(request.query.get('inter_hunk_lines', 0))
+    try:    diff_inter_hunk_lines = int(request.query.get('inter_hunk_lines', DIFF_INTERHUNK_LINES))
     except: bottle.abort(400, 'Bad request: inter_hunk_lines')
     
     diff_flags = pygit2.GIT_DIFF_NORMAL
-    diff_side = 'normal'
+    diff_side = DIFF_SIDE
     if 'side' in request.query:
         if request.query.get('side') == 'normal':
             diff_side = 'normal'
@@ -569,7 +580,7 @@ def commit(repository, commit_id):
         else:
             bottle.abort(400, 'Bad request: side')
     
-    diff_whitespace = 'include'
+    diff_whitespace = DIFF_WHITESPACE
     if 'whitespace' in request.query:
         if request.query.get('whitespace') == 'include':
             diff_whitespace = 'include'