diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/CategoryREST.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/CategoryREST.java
index 53963646..20644a5f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/CategoryREST.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/CategoryREST.java
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public class CategoryREST extends AbstractREST {
 	@SecurityCheck(value = Role.USER, apiKeyAllowed = true)
 	public Response getCategoryEntriesAsFeed(
 			@ApiParam(value = "id of the category, 'all' or 'starred'", required = true) @QueryParam("id") String id,
-			@ApiParam(value = "all entries or only unread ones", allowableValues = "all,unread", required = true) @DefaultValue("unread") @QueryParam("readType") ReadingMode readType,
+			@ApiParam(value = "all entries or only unread ones", allowableValues = "all,unread", required = true) @DefaultValue("all") @QueryParam("readType") ReadingMode readType,
 			@ApiParam(value = "only entries newer than this") @QueryParam("newerThan") Long newerThan,
 			@ApiParam(value = "offset for paging") @DefaultValue("0") @QueryParam("offset") int offset,
 			@ApiParam(value = "limit for paging, default 20, maximum 1000") @DefaultValue("20") @QueryParam("limit") int limit,
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/FeedREST.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/FeedREST.java
index 3e439c11..65c950bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/FeedREST.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/FeedREST.java
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ public class FeedREST extends AbstractREST {
 	@SecurityCheck(value = Role.USER, apiKeyAllowed = true)
 	public Response getFeedEntriesAsFeed(
 			@ApiParam(value = "id of the feed", required = true) @QueryParam("id") String id,
-			@ApiParam(value = "all entries or only unread ones", allowableValues = "all,unread", required = true) @DefaultValue("unread") @QueryParam("readType") ReadingMode readType,
+			@ApiParam(value = "all entries or only unread ones", allowableValues = "all,unread", required = true) @DefaultValue("all") @QueryParam("readType") ReadingMode readType,
 			@ApiParam(value = "only entries newer than this") @QueryParam("newerThan") Long newerThan,
 			@ApiParam(value = "offset for paging") @DefaultValue("0") @QueryParam("offset") int offset,
 			@ApiParam(value = "limit for paging, default 20, maximum 1000") @DefaultValue("20") @QueryParam("limit") int limit,