diff --git a/dashboard/src/views/SetupView.vue b/dashboard/src/views/SetupView.vue
index 1bdc1aaa5..e035496f8 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/views/SetupView.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/views/SetupView.vue
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
       // aws marketplace made a policy change that they one cannot provide route53 IAM credentials
     provider.value = 'wildcard';
   } else { // some default to make the form not feel "empty"
-    provider.value = 'hetzner';
+    provider.value = 'digitalocean';
   }
 
   const [error2, result] = await provisionModel.detectIp();