diff --git a/src/webui/www/private/views/preferences.html b/src/webui/www/private/views/preferences.html
index 12ee09257..991959114 100644
--- a/src/webui/www/private/views/preferences.html
+++ b/src/webui/www/private/views/preferences.html
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@
                     <td style="padding-top:4px;">
                         <div class="select-watched-folder-editable">
                             <select id="new_watch_folder_select" onchange="qBittorrent.Preferences.changeWatchFolderSelect(this)">
-                                <option selected value="watch_folder">QBT_TR(Monitored folder)QBT_TR[CONTEXT=ScanFoldersModel]</option>
-                                <option value="default_folder">QBT_TR(Default save location)QBT_TR[CONTEXT=ScanFoldersModel]</option>
+                                <option value="watch_folder">QBT_TR(Monitored folder)QBT_TR[CONTEXT=ScanFoldersModel]</option>
+                                <option selected value="default_folder">QBT_TR(Default save location)QBT_TR[CONTEXT=ScanFoldersModel]</option>
                                 <option value="other">QBT_TR(Other...)QBT_TR[CONTEXT=HttpServer]</option>
                             </select>
                             <input id="new_watch_folder_other_txt" type="text" value="QBT_TR(Monitored folder)QBT_TR[CONTEXT=ScanFoldersModel]" hidden />