diff --git a/mRemoteV1/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs b/mRemoteV1/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
index 8baba3150..885f33ece 100644
--- a/mRemoteV1/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
+++ b/mRemoteV1/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace mRemoteNG {
     
     
     [global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
-    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.SettingsDesigner.SettingsSingleFileGenerator", "15.5.0.0")]
+    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.SettingsDesigner.SettingsSingleFileGenerator", "15.7.0.0")]
     internal sealed partial class Settings : global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase {
         
         private static Settings defaultInstance = ((Settings)(global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.Synchronized(new Settings())));
@@ -2593,7 +2593,7 @@ namespace mRemoteNG {
         
         [global::System.Configuration.UserScopedSettingAttribute()]
         [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
-        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute("")]
+        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute("General")]
         public string ConDefaultPanel {
             get {
                 return ((string)(this["ConDefaultPanel"]));
diff --git a/mRemoteV1/Properties/Settings.settings b/mRemoteV1/Properties/Settings.settings
index 313e4d63a..4f2f8cc64 100644
--- a/mRemoteV1/Properties/Settings.settings
+++ b/mRemoteV1/Properties/Settings.settings
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@
       <Value Profile="(Default)" />
     </Setting>
     <Setting Name="ConDefaultPanel" Type="System.String" Scope="User">
-      <Value Profile="(Default)" />
+      <Value Profile="(Default)">General</Value>
     </Setting>
     <Setting Name="SaveConnectionsAfterEveryEdit" Type="System.Boolean" Scope="User">
       <Value Profile="(Default)">True</Value>
diff --git a/mRemoteV1/app.config b/mRemoteV1/app.config
index 2e5fd3f69..8b26045a6 100644
--- a/mRemoteV1/app.config
+++ b/mRemoteV1/app.config
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@
         <value />
       </setting>
       <setting name="ConDefaultPanel" serializeAs="String">
-        <value />
+        <value>General</value>
       </setting>
       <setting name="SaveConnectionsAfterEveryEdit" serializeAs="String">
         <value>True</value>