diff --git a/client/src/containers/Topic/TopicCreate/TopicCreate.jsx b/client/src/containers/Topic/TopicCreate/TopicCreate.jsx
index 0e41f843a..cb44020c1 100644
--- a/client/src/containers/Topic/TopicCreate/TopicCreate.jsx
+++ b/client/src/containers/Topic/TopicCreate/TopicCreate.jsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import Joi from 'joi-browser';
 import { withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
 import Form from '../../../components/Form/Form';
 import Header from '../../Header';
-import { uriTopicsCreate } from '../../../utils/endpoints';
+import { uriTopicsCreate, uriTopicDefaultConf } from '../../../utils/endpoints';
 import { toast } from 'react-toastify';
 
 class TopicCreate extends Form {
@@ -18,6 +18,21 @@ class TopicCreate extends Form {
     errors: {}
   };
 
+  componentDidMount() {
+    this.getTopicDefaultConf();
+  }
+
+  async getTopicDefaultConf() {
+    let { formData } = { ...this.state }
+    const defaults = await this.getApi(uriTopicDefaultConf());
+
+    formData.retention = defaults.data.retention
+    formData.partition = defaults.data.partition
+    formData.replication = defaults.data.replication
+
+    this.setState({ formData });
+  }
+
   schema = {
     name: Joi.string()
       .required()
diff --git a/client/src/utils/endpoints.js b/client/src/utils/endpoints.js
index 55d719fd2..74bd37e11 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/endpoints.js
+++ b/client/src/utils/endpoints.js
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ export const uriTopics = (clusterId, search, show, page) => {
   return `${apiUrl}/${clusterId}/topic?search=${search}&show=${show}&page=${page}`;
 };
 
+export const uriTopicDefaultConf = () => `${apiUrl}/topic/defaults-configs`;
+
 export const uriTopicsName = (clusterId) => `${apiUrl}/${clusterId}/topic/name`;
 
 export const uriTopicsInfo = (clusterId, topicId) => `${apiUrl}/${clusterId}/topic/${topicId}`;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/akhq/controllers/TopicController.java b/src/main/java/org/akhq/controllers/TopicController.java
index 91fb8c460..d8fa5f202 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/akhq/controllers/TopicController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/akhq/controllers/TopicController.java
@@ -61,9 +61,21 @@ public class TopicController extends AbstractController {
     private Short replicationFactor;
     @Value("${akhq.topic.partition}")
     private Integer partitionCount;
+    @Value("${akhq.topic.retention}")
+    private Integer retention;
     @Value("${akhq.pagination.page-size}")
     private Integer pageSize;
 
+    @Get ("api/topic/defaults-configs")
+    @Operation(tags = {"topic"}, summary = "Get default topic configuration")
+    public Map<String,Integer> getDefaultConf(){
+        return Map.of(
+            "replication", replicationFactor.intValue(),
+            "partition", partitionCount,
+            "retention", retention
+        );
+    }
+
     @Get("api/{cluster}/topic")
     @Operation(tags = {"topic"}, summary = "List all topics")
     public ResultPagedList<Topic> list(
@@ -509,4 +521,4 @@ public static class OffsetCopy {
         private long offset;
     }
 }
- 
+
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/akhq/controllers/TopicControllerTest.java b/src/test/java/org/akhq/controllers/TopicControllerTest.java
index ea6312edf..b34dd3b8f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/akhq/controllers/TopicControllerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/akhq/controllers/TopicControllerTest.java
@@ -22,10 +22,22 @@
 @TestMethodOrder(MethodOrderer.OrderAnnotation.class)
 class TopicControllerTest extends AbstractTest {
     public static final String BASE_URL = "/api/" + KafkaTestCluster.CLUSTER_ID + "/topic";
+    public static final String DEFAULTS_CONFIGS_URL = "api/topic/defaults-configs";
     public static final String TOPIC_URL = BASE_URL + "/" + KafkaTestCluster.TOPIC_COMPACTED;
     public static final String CREATE_TOPIC_NAME = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
     public static final String CREATE_TOPIC_URL = BASE_URL + "/" + CREATE_TOPIC_NAME;
 
+    @Test
+    @Order(1)
+    void defaultsConfigsApi(){
+        Map<String,Integer> result = this.retrieve(HttpRequest.GET(DEFAULTS_CONFIGS_URL), Map.class);
+
+        assertEquals(1, result.get("replication"));
+        assertEquals(86400000, result.get("retention"));
+        assertEquals(1, result.get("partition"));
+    }
+
+
     @Test
     @Order(1)
     void listApi() {