diff --git a/samples/flickr/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/samples/flickr/FlickrSearchActivity.java b/samples/flickr/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/samples/flickr/FlickrSearchActivity.java
index 0ac5810e6152ca6f2aa3b4dcb787caa73179909b..08c5f525704c6abffaf3b9484bc515da0678648c 100644
--- a/samples/flickr/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/samples/flickr/FlickrSearchActivity.java
+++ b/samples/flickr/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/samples/flickr/FlickrSearchActivity.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import com.bumptech.glide.request.FutureTarget;
 import com.bumptech.glide.samples.flickr.api.Api;
 import com.bumptech.glide.samples.flickr.api.Photo;
 import com.bumptech.glide.samples.flickr.api.Query;
-import com.bumptech.glide.samples.flickr.api.RecentQuery;
 import com.bumptech.glide.samples.flickr.api.SearchQuery;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ public class FlickrSearchActivity extends AppCompatActivity
     implements SearchView.OnQueryTextListener {
   private static final String TAG = "FlickrSearchActivity";
   private static final String STATE_QUERY = "state_search_string";
+  private static final Query DEFAULT_QUERY = new SearchQuery("kitten");
 
   private final QueryListener queryListener = new QueryListener();
   private View searching;
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public class FlickrSearchActivity extends AppCompatActivity
         executeQuery(savedQuery);
       }
     } else {
-      executeQuery(RecentQuery.get());
+      executeQuery(DEFAULT_QUERY);
     }
 
     int smallGridSize = res.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.small_photo_side);