diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f268d4..6537038 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ func main() {
 | DocExpansion             | string | "list"     | Controls the default expansion setting for the operations and tags. It can be 'list' (expands only the tags), 'full' (expands the tags and operations) or 'none' (expands nothing).                                                                       |
 | DeepLinking              | bool   | true       | If set to true, enables deep linking for tags and operations. See the Deep Linking documentation for more information.                                                                                                                                    |
 | DefaultModelsExpandDepth | int    | 1          | Default expansion depth for models (set to -1 completely hide the models).                                                                                                                                                                                |
+| DefaultModelExpandDepth  | int    | 1          | Default expansion depth for the model on the model-example section.                                                                                                                                                                                       |
+| DefaultModelRendering    | string | "example"  | Controls how the model is shown when the API is first rendered. "example" or "model". (The user can always switch the rendering for a given model by clicking the 'Model' and 'Example Value' links.)                                                     |
 | InstanceName             | string | "swagger"  | The instance name of the swagger document. If multiple different swagger instances should be deployed on one gin router, ensure that each instance has a unique name (use the _--instanceName_ parameter to generate swagger documents with _swag init_). |
 | PersistAuthorization     | bool   | false      | If set to true, it persists authorization data and it would not be lost on browser close/refresh.                                                                                                                                                         |
 | Oauth2DefaultClientID    | string | ""         | If set, it's used to prepopulate the _client_id_ field of the OAuth2 Authorization dialog.                                                                                                                                                                |
diff --git a/swagger.go b/swagger.go
index 7e0e414..d86e61a 100644
--- a/swagger.go
+++ b/swagger.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ type swaggerConfig struct {
 	Title                    string
 	Oauth2RedirectURL        htmlTemplate.JS
 	DefaultModelsExpandDepth int
+	DefaultModelExpandDepth  int
+	DefaultModelRendering    string
 	DeepLinking              bool
 	PersistAuthorization     bool
 	Oauth2DefaultClientID    string
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	InstanceName             string
 	Title                    string
 	DefaultModelsExpandDepth int
+	DefaultModelExpandDepth  int
+	DefaultModelRendering    string
 	DeepLinking              bool
 	PersistAuthorization     bool
 	Oauth2DefaultClientID    string
@@ -47,6 +51,8 @@ func (config Config) toSwaggerConfig() swaggerConfig {
 		DeepLinking:              config.DeepLinking,
 		DocExpansion:             config.DocExpansion,
 		DefaultModelsExpandDepth: config.DefaultModelsExpandDepth,
+		DefaultModelExpandDepth:  config.DefaultModelExpandDepth,
+		DefaultModelRendering:    config.DefaultModelRendering,
 		Oauth2RedirectURL: "`${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.host}$" +
 			"{window.location.pathname.split('/').slice(0, window.location.pathname.split('/').length - 1).join('/')}" +
 			"/oauth2-redirect.html`",
@@ -126,6 +132,8 @@ func WrapHandler(handler *webdav.Handler, options ...func(*Config)) gin.HandlerF
 		InstanceName:             swag.Name,
 		Title:                    "Swagger UI",
 		DefaultModelsExpandDepth: 1,
+		DefaultModelExpandDepth:  1,
+		DefaultModelRendering:    "example",
 		DeepLinking:              true,
 		PersistAuthorization:     false,
 		Oauth2DefaultClientID:    "",
@@ -280,7 +288,9 @@ window.onload = function() {
 	layout: "StandaloneLayout",
     docExpansion: "{{.DocExpansion}}",
 	deepLinking: {{.DeepLinking}},
-	defaultModelsExpandDepth: {{.DefaultModelsExpandDepth}}
+	defaultModelsExpandDepth: {{.DefaultModelsExpandDepth}},
+	defaultModelExpandDepth: {{.DefaultModelExpandDepth}},
+	defaultModelRendering: "{{.DefaultModelRendering}}"
   })
 
   const defaultClientId = "{{.Oauth2DefaultClientID}}";