diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1d71e65..f191c90 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ templates/tool_calls/*
 # Sampler overrides folder
 sampler_overrides/*
 !sampler_overrides/sample_preset.yml
+!sampler_overrides/safe_defaults.yml
 
 # Gpu lib preferences file
 gpu_lib.txt
diff --git a/common/config_models.py b/common/config_models.py
index 9898c04..1017368 100644
--- a/common/config_models.py
+++ b/common/config_models.py
@@ -406,10 +406,13 @@ class SamplingConfig(BaseConfigModel):
     override_preset: Optional[str] = Field(
         None,
         description=(
-            "Select a sampler override preset (default: None).\n"
+            "Select a sampler override preset (default: safe_defaults).\n"
             "Find this in the sampler-overrides folder.\n"
             "This overrides default fallbacks for sampler values "
-            "that are passed to the API."
+            "that are passed to the API.\n"
+            "NOTE: safe_defaults preset provides a fallback for frontends "
+            "that do not pass sampling params.\n"
+            "Remove it if not necessary."
         ),
     )
 
diff --git a/config_sample.yml b/config_sample.yml
index 890596e..652bcd4 100644
--- a/config_sample.yml
+++ b/config_sample.yml
@@ -208,10 +208,12 @@ embeddings:
 
 # Options for Sampling
 sampling:
-  # Select a sampler override preset (default: None).
+  # Select a sampler override preset (default: safe_defaults).
   # Find this in the sampler-overrides folder.
   # This overrides default fallbacks for sampler values that are passed to the API.
-  override_preset:
+  # NOTE: safe_defaults preset provides a fallback for frontends that do not pass sampling params.
+  # Remove it if not necessary.
+  override_preset: safe_defaults
 
 # Options for development and experimentation
 developer:
diff --git a/sampler_overrides/safe_defaults.yml b/sampler_overrides/safe_defaults.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d610429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sampler_overrides/safe_defaults.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Minimal "safe" fallback settings for most models, used when the frontend doesn't supply any settings
+# with a request.
+
+temperature:
+  override: 0.8
+  force: false
+
+top_p:
+  override: 0.9
+  force: false
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