diff --git a/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/Workflows.tsx b/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/Workflows.tsx
index 3534f574..9a585690 100644
--- a/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/Workflows.tsx
+++ b/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/Workflows.tsx
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@ import { WorkflowTemplates } from "../discover/WorkflowTemplates";
 const emptyWorkflowRequest: WorkflowCreateYAMLRequest = {
   title: "New Workflow",
   description: "",
-  workflow_definition: { blocks: [], parameters: [] },
+  ai_fallback: true,
+  workflow_definition: {
+    blocks: [],
+    parameters: [],
+  },
 };
 
 function Workflows() {
diff --git a/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/debugger/Debugger.tsx b/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/debugger/Debugger.tsx
index 754df29f..d7e7a1aa 100644
--- a/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/debugger/Debugger.tsx
+++ b/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/debugger/Debugger.tsx
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function Debugger() {
       : null,
     useScriptCache: workflow.generate_script,
     scriptCacheKey: workflow.cache_key,
-    aiFallback: workflow.ai_fallback,
+    aiFallback: workflow.ai_fallback ?? true,
   };
 
   const elements = getElements(
diff --git a/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/WorkflowEditor.tsx b/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/WorkflowEditor.tsx
index 2e60d198..87678e1a 100644
--- a/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/WorkflowEditor.tsx
+++ b/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/WorkflowEditor.tsx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function WorkflowEditor() {
       : null,
     useScriptCache: workflow.generate_script,
     scriptCacheKey: workflow.cache_key,
-    aiFallback: workflow.ai_fallback,
+    aiFallback: workflow.ai_fallback ?? true,
   };
 
   const elements = getElements(
diff --git a/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/nodes/StartNode/StartNode.tsx b/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/nodes/StartNode/StartNode.tsx
index 3d9ac490..ff61bc42 100644
--- a/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/nodes/StartNode/StartNode.tsx
+++ b/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/nodes/StartNode/StartNode.tsx
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function StartNode({ id, data }: NodeProps<StartNode>) {
     extraHttpHeaders: data.withWorkflowSettings ? data.extraHttpHeaders : null,
     useScriptCache: data.withWorkflowSettings ? data.useScriptCache : false,
     scriptCacheKey: data.withWorkflowSettings ? data.scriptCacheKey : null,
-    aiFallback: data.withWorkflowSettings ? data.aiFallback : false,
+    aiFallback: data.withWorkflowSettings ? data.aiFallback : true,
   });
 
   const [facing, setFacing] = useState<"front" | "back">("front");
diff --git a/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/workflowEditorUtils.ts b/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/workflowEditorUtils.ts
index 56c2bb2c..c1bbf866 100644
--- a/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/workflowEditorUtils.ts
+++ b/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/workflowEditorUtils.ts
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ function getElements(
       editable,
       useScriptCache: settings.useScriptCache,
       scriptCacheKey: settings.scriptCacheKey,
-      aiFallback: settings.aiFallback ?? false,
+      aiFallback: settings.aiFallback ?? true,
       label: "__start_block__",
       showCode: false,
     }),
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ function getWorkflowSettings(nodes: Array<AppNode>): WorkflowSettings {
     extraHttpHeaders: null,
     useScriptCache: false,
     scriptCacheKey: null,
-    aiFallback: false,
+    aiFallback: true,
   };
   const startNodes = nodes.filter(isStartNode);
   const startNodeWithWorkflowSettings = startNodes.find(
diff --git a/skyvern-frontend/src/store/WorkflowHasChangesStore.ts b/skyvern-frontend/src/store/WorkflowHasChangesStore.ts
index 0353bfb9..991a5af2 100644
--- a/skyvern-frontend/src/store/WorkflowHasChangesStore.ts
+++ b/skyvern-frontend/src/store/WorkflowHasChangesStore.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ const useWorkflowSave = () => {
         extra_http_headers: extraHttpHeaders,
         generate_script: saveData.settings.useScriptCache,
         cache_key: normalizedKey,
-        ai_fallback: saveData.settings.aiFallback ?? undefined,
+        ai_fallback: saveData.settings.aiFallback ?? true,
         workflow_definition: {
           parameters: saveData.parameters,
           blocks: saveData.blocks,