diff --git a/umap/static/umap/js/umap.controls.js b/umap/static/umap/js/umap.controls.js
index c88de1b0..ba459f48 100644
--- a/umap/static/umap/js/umap.controls.js
+++ b/umap/static/umap/js/umap.controls.js
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ L.U.Search = L.PhotonSearch.extend({
     })
     L.DomEvent.on(edit, 'mousedown', (e) => {
       L.DomEvent.stop(e)
-      const datalayer = self.map.defaultDataLayer()
+      const datalayer = self.map.defaultEditDataLayer()
       const layer = datalayer.geojsonToFeatures(feature)
       layer.isDirty = true
       layer.edit()
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ L.U.Editable = L.Editable.extend({
 
   connectCreatedToMap: function (layer) {
     // Overrided from Leaflet.Editable
-    const datalayer = this.map.defaultDataLayer()
+    const datalayer = this.map.defaultEditDataLayer()
     datalayer.addLayer(layer)
     layer.isDirty = true
     return layer
diff --git a/umap/static/umap/js/umap.js b/umap/static/umap/js/umap.js
index bcb244dc..85f17ed4 100644
--- a/umap/static/umap/js/umap.js
+++ b/umap/static/umap/js/umap.js
@@ -694,10 +694,17 @@ L.U.Map.include({
           this._setDefaultCenter()
           return
         }
-        const datalayer = this.defaultDataLayer(),
-          feature = datalayer.getFeatureByIndex(-1)
-        if (feature) feature.zoomTo()
-        else this._setDefaultCenter()
+        const datalayer = this.firstVisibleDatalayer()
+        let feature
+        if (datalayer) {
+          const feature = datalayer.getFeatureByIndex(-1)
+          if (feature) {
+            feature.zoomTo()
+            return
+          }
+        }
+        // Fallback, no datalayer or no feature found
+        this._setDefaultCenter()
       })
     } else {
       this._setDefaultCenter()
@@ -1225,10 +1232,16 @@ L.U.Map.include({
     }
   },
 
+  firstVisibleDatalayer: function () {
+    return this.findDataLayer((datalayer) => {
+      if (datalayer.isVisible()) return true
+    })
+  },
+
   // TODO: allow to control the default datalayer
   // (edit and viewing)
   // cf https://github.com/umap-project/umap/issues/585
-  defaultDataLayer: function () {
+  defaultEditDataLayer: function () {
     let datalayer, fallback
     datalayer = this.lastUsedDataLayer
     if (
diff --git a/umap/tests/integration/test_map.py b/umap/tests/integration/test_map.py
index a40e55d6..ec4500a2 100644
--- a/umap/tests/integration/test_map.py
+++ b/umap/tests/integration/test_map.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import json
+import re
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
@@ -11,6 +12,20 @@ from ..base import DataLayerFactory
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
 
 
+def test_default_view_latest_without_datalayer_should_use_default_center(
+    map, live_server, datalayer, page
+):
+    datalayer.settings["displayOnLoad"] = False
+    datalayer.save()
+    map.settings["defaultView"] = "latest"
+    map.save()
+    page.goto(f"{live_server.url}{map.get_absolute_url()}")
+    # Hash is defined, so map is initialized
+    expect(page).to_have_url(re.compile(".*#7/.*"))
+    layers = page.locator(".umap-browse-datalayers li")
+    expect(layers).to_have_count(1)
+
+
 def test_remote_layer_should_not_be_used_as_datalayer_for_created_features(
     map, live_server, datalayer, page
 ):