diff --git a/dashboard/src/views/SetupView.vue b/dashboard/src/views/SetupView.vue
index f84a8d418..b19b051a7 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/views/SetupView.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/views/SetupView.vue
@@ -138,16 +138,18 @@ onMounted(async () => {
   formError.value.generic = result.setup.errorMessage; // show any previous error
 
   if (result.provider === 'digitalocean' || result.provider === 'digitalocean-mp') {
-      provider.value = 'digitalocean';
+    provider.value = 'digitalocean';
   } else if (result.provider === 'linode' || result.provider === 'linode-oneclick' || result.provider === 'linode-stackscript') {
-      provider.value = 'linode';
+    provider.value = 'linode';
   } else if (result.provider === 'vultr' || result.provider === 'vultr-mp') {
-      provider.value = 'vultr';
+    provider.value = 'vultr';
   } else if (result.provider === 'gce') {
-      provider.value = 'gcdns';
+    provider.value = 'gcdns';
   } else if (result.provider === 'ami') {
       // aws marketplace made a policy change that they one cannot provide route53 IAM credentials
-      provider.value = 'wildcard';
+    provider.value = 'wildcard';
+  } else { // some default to make the form not feel "empty"
+    provider.value = 'hetzner';
   }
 
   [error, result] = await provisionModel.detectIp();