diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 042315be..42e655b1 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ engines:
   - name : wikinews
     engine : mediawiki
     shortcut : wn
-    categories : general
+    categories : news
     base_url : "https://{language}.wikinews.org/"
     number_of_results : 5
     search_type : text