diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a9f9a7360c..2aee623eba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ No changes to highlight.
 
 ## Bug Fixes:
 
+- Fix dropdown default value not appearing by [@aliabid94](https://github.com/aliabid94) in [PR 4072](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/4072).
 - Soft theme label color fix by [@aliabid94](https://github.com/aliabid94) in [PR 4070](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/4070) 
 
 ## Documentation Changes:
diff --git a/js/gallery/src/Gallery.svelte b/js/gallery/src/Gallery.svelte
index 4720024843..3bb24c723a 100644
--- a/js/gallery/src/Gallery.svelte
+++ b/js/gallery/src/Gallery.svelte
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 		// When value is falsy (clear button or first load),
 		// style.preview determines the selected image
 		if (was_reset) {
-			selected_image = style.preview ? 0 : null;
+			selected_image = style.preview && value?.length ? 0 : null;
 			was_reset = false;
 			// Otherwise we keep the selected_image the same if the
 			// gallery has at least as many elements as it did before