diff --git a/src/classes/api/endpoints/class-tainacan-rest-metadata-sections-controller.php b/src/classes/api/endpoints/class-tainacan-rest-metadata-sections-controller.php
index 12982768f..eb0d02b57 100644
--- a/src/classes/api/endpoints/class-tainacan-rest-metadata-sections-controller.php
+++ b/src/classes/api/endpoints/class-tainacan-rest-metadata-sections-controller.php
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ class REST_Metadata_Sections_Controller extends REST_Controller {
 	 * @return array|\WP_Error|\WP_REST_Response
 	 */
 	public function prepare_item_for_response( $item, $request ) {
+		
 		if (!empty($item)){
 			$item_arr = $item->_toArray();
 			if ($request['context'] === 'edit') {
@@ -148,7 +149,9 @@ class REST_Metadata_Sections_Controller extends REST_Controller {
 				$item_arr['enabled'] = $item->get_enabled_for_collection();
 			}
 
-			$metadata_list = $item->get_metadata_object_list();
+			$metadata_list = $item->get_id() == 'default_section'
+				? $this->metadata_sections_repository->get_default_section_metadata_object_list($item->get_collection())
+				: $item->get_metadata_object_list();
 			$item_arr['metadata_object_list'] = [];
 			if($metadata_list != false) {
 				foreach($metadata_list as $metadata) {
diff --git a/src/classes/entities/class-tainacan-metadata-section.php b/src/classes/entities/class-tainacan-metadata-section.php
index 2930e0e62..70deb79c0 100644
--- a/src/classes/entities/class-tainacan-metadata-section.php
+++ b/src/classes/entities/class-tainacan-metadata-section.php
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ class Metadata_Section extends Entity {
 		return apply_filters("tainacan-metadata-section-to-string", $this->get_name(), $this);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the entity ID
+	 *
+	 * @return integer
+	 */
+	public function get_id() {
+		$id = $this->get_mapped_property('id');
+		return isset($id) ? $id : 'default_section';
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Return the metadata section name
 	 *
diff --git a/src/classes/repositories/class-tainacan-metadata-sections.php b/src/classes/repositories/class-tainacan-metadata-sections.php
index f40e5dcf4..7686c0f5d 100644
--- a/src/classes/repositories/class-tainacan-metadata-sections.php
+++ b/src/classes/repositories/class-tainacan-metadata-sections.php
@@ -119,6 +119,22 @@ class Metadata_Sections extends Repository {
 		register_post_type( Entities\Metadata_Section::get_post_type(), $args );
 	}
 
+	public function get_default_section ($collection) {
+		if($collection instanceof Entities\Collection) {
+			$collection_id = $collection->get_id();
+		} else if (is_int($collection)) {
+			$collection_id = $collection;
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+		$defaul_section = new Entities\Metadata_Section();
+		$defaul_section->set_slug('default_section');
+		$defaul_section->set_name(__('Metadata', 'tainacan'));
+		$defaul_section->set_description(__('Metadata section', 'tainacan'));
+		$defaul_section->set_collection_id($collection_id);
+		return $defaul_section;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * fetch metadata section based on ID or WP_Query args
 	 *
@@ -326,6 +342,36 @@ class Metadata_Sections extends Repository {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	public function get_default_section_metadata_object_list (Entities\Collection $collection) {
+		$metadata_sections_ids = $this->fetch_ids();
+		$args = array(
+			'meta_query' => array(
+				array(
+					'relation' => 'OR',
+					array(
+						'key' => 'metadata_section_id',
+						'value' => 'default_section',
+						'compare' => '='
+					),
+					array(
+						array(
+							'key' => 'metadata_section_id',
+							'compare' => 'NOT EXISTS'
+						)
+					),
+					array(
+						'key' => 'metadata_section_id',
+						'value' => $metadata_sections_ids,
+						'compare' => 'NOT IN'
+					),
+				)
+			)
+		);
+		$metadata_repository = \Tainacan\Repositories\Metadata::get_instance();
+		$metadata_list = $metadata_repository->fetch_by_collection($collection, $args);
+		return $metadata_list;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @inheritDoc
 	 */
@@ -366,12 +412,12 @@ class Metadata_Sections extends Repository {
 
 				ksort( $result_ordinate );
 				$result_ordinate = array_merge( $result_ordinate, $not_ordinate );
-
+				$result_ordinate[] = $this->get_default_section($collection->get_id());
 				return $result_ordinate;
 			}
 
 		}
-
+		$result[] = $this->get_default_section($collection->get_id());
 		return $result;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/classes/repositories/class-tainacan-metadata.php b/src/classes/repositories/class-tainacan-metadata.php
index 5d305e74e..c1e5bd2e3 100644
--- a/src/classes/repositories/class-tainacan-metadata.php
+++ b/src/classes/repositories/class-tainacan-metadata.php
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class Metadata extends Repository {
 				'title'       => __( 'Metadata section', 'tainacan' ),
 				'type'        => ['integer', 'string', 'array'],
 				'description' => __( 'The metadata section ID', 'tainacan' ),
-				'default'     => null
+				'default'     => 'default_section'
 			],
 		] );
 	}
diff --git a/tests/test-api-metadata-section.php b/tests/test-api-metadata-section.php
index 60d91e0e6..9f4cefe0b 100644
--- a/tests/test-api-metadata-section.php
+++ b/tests/test-api-metadata-section.php
@@ -440,9 +440,9 @@ class TAINACAN_REST_Metadata_Sections_Controller extends TAINACAN_UnitApiTestCas
 		$metadata_list_1 = $response_data[0]['metadata_object_list'];
 		$metadata_list_2 = $response_data[1]['metadata_object_list'];
 
-		$this->assertContains($metadatum_1->get_id(), array_column($metadata_list_1, 'id'));
-		$this->assertContains($metadatum_2->get_id(), array_column($metadata_list_1, 'id'));
-		$this->assertContains($metadatum_3->get_id(), array_column($metadata_list_2, 'id'));
-		$this->assertContains($metadatum_4->get_id(), array_column($metadata_list_2, 'id'));
+		$this->assertContains($metadatum_1->get_id(), array_column($metadata_list_1, 'id'), sprintf('Id: %s not found in array: %s', $metadatum_1->get_id(), print_r(array_column($metadata_list_1, 'id'), true)));
+		$this->assertContains($metadatum_2->get_id(), array_column($metadata_list_1, 'id'), sprintf('Id: %s not found in array: %s', $metadatum_2->get_id(), print_r(array_column($metadata_list_1, 'id'), true)));
+		$this->assertContains($metadatum_3->get_id(), array_column($metadata_list_2, 'id'), sprintf('Id: %s not found in array: %s', $metadatum_3->get_id(), print_r(array_column($metadata_list_2, 'id'), true)));
+		$this->assertContains($metadatum_4->get_id(), array_column($metadata_list_2, 'id'), sprintf('Id: %s not found in array: %s', $metadatum_4->get_id(), print_r(array_column($metadata_list_2, 'id'), true)));
 	}
 }