diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/DomainDialog.vue b/dashboard/src/components/DomainDialog.vue
index b801b240c..43c839d13 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/DomainDialog.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/DomainDialog.vue
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ async function onSubmit() {
 
 defineExpose({
   open(d) {
-    d = d ? JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(d)) : { config: {}, tlsConfig: {} }; // make a copy
+    d = d ? JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(d)) : { config: {}, tlsConfig: { provider: 'letsencrypt-prod', wildcard: true } }; // make a copy
 
     provider.value = d.provider || '';
     dnsConfig.value = d.config;