diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c189a5b..05c042d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Change Log
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This change log follows the conventions of [keepachangelog.com](http://keepachangelog.com/).
 
+## [1-alpha29] - unreleased
+- rendering Hanami plots as SVG by default
+               
 ## [1-alpha28] - 2024-02-29
 - removed the tensor->image function, as it exists in dtype-next now (#14)
 
diff --git a/src/scicloj/noj/v1/vis/hanami.clj b/src/scicloj/noj/v1/vis/hanami.clj
index e7d7359..24d9720 100644
--- a/src/scicloj/noj/v1/vis/hanami.clj
+++ b/src/scicloj/noj/v1/vis/hanami.clj
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
         (merge options)
         (->> (apply concat)
              (apply hc/xform template))
+        (assoc :usermeta
+               {:embedOptions {:renderer :svg}})
         kind/vega-lite)))
 
 (defn collector [template template-key]