diff --git a/web/skins/bootstrap/js/controllers.js b/web/skins/bootstrap/js/controllers.js
index 0da679e60..91169d72a 100644
--- a/web/skins/bootstrap/js/controllers.js
+++ b/web/skins/bootstrap/js/controllers.js
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ ZoneMinder.controller('MonitorController', function($scope, $http) {
 	$scope.monitor.DefaultRate = 100;
 	$scope.monitor.DefaultScale = 100;
 	$scope.monitor.SignalCheckColour = '#0000c0';
+	$scope.monitor.Method = 'simple';
 	var color =  '#' + (Math.random() * 0xFFFFFF << 0).toString(16);
 	$scope.monitor.WebColour = color;