diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/store/paramsSlice.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/store/paramsSlice.ts
index 582419a247e..6d5b3a54d7b 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/store/paramsSlice.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/store/paramsSlice.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ const initialState: ParamsState = {
   canvasCoherenceMode: 'Gaussian Blur',
   canvasCoherenceMinDenoise: 0,
   canvasCoherenceEdgeSize: 16,
-  infillMethod: 'patchmatch',
+  infillMethod: 'lama',
   infillTileSize: 32,
   infillPatchmatchDownscaleSize: 1,
   infillColorValue: { r: 0, g: 0, b: 0, a: 1 },