diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 68d8555..4198522 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ $amp_allowed_plugin_pages = array(
 ```
 Explore the code to see how to set `$amp_role_capabilities` and `$amp_anon_capabilities`. These are set to defaults in the `amp_env_check()` function.
 
+You can also assign a default role to all logged-in users that have no explicit role:
+```
+$amp_default_role = "Editor";
+```
+
+
 #### NOTE:
 This is a fork of nicwaller's [Authmgr](https://github.com/nicwaller/yourls-authmgr-plugin) merged with Ian barber's[Seperate User's](https://github.com/joshp23/Yourls-Separate-Users) plugin. Both code bases underwent heavy rewrites, and have been extensively updated and tightly integrated here, resulting in a lean and highly functional user authorization management environment.
 
diff --git a/authMgrPlus/plugin.php b/authMgrPlus/plugin.php
index a1a2aab..c4ec980 100644
--- a/authMgrPlus/plugin.php
+++ b/authMgrPlus/plugin.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Plugin Name: Auth Manager Plus
 Plugin URI:  https://github.com/joshp23/YOURLS-AuthMgrPlus
 Description: Role Based Access Controlls with seperated user data for authenticated users
-Version:     2.1.2
+Version:     2.2.0
 Author:      Josh Panter, nicwaller, Ian Barber <ian.barber@gmail.com>
 Author URI:  https://unfettered.net
 */
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ function amp_have_capability( $capability ) {
 	global $amp_anon_capabilities;
 	global $amp_role_capabilities;
 	global $amp_admin_ipranges;
+	global $amp_default_role;
 
 	// Make sure the environment has been setup
 	amp_env_check();
@@ -253,6 +254,12 @@ function amp_have_capability( $capability ) {
 				break;
 		}
 	}
+	if( !$return ) {
+	    if ( isset( $amp_default_role )  && in_array ($amp_default_role, array_keys( $amp_role_capabilities ) ) ) {
+		$default_caps = $amp_role_capabilities [ $amp_default_role ];
+		$return =  in_array( $capability, $default_caps );
+	    }
+	}
 	return $return;
 }