diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilesearch/CommonFilesPanel.form b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilesearch/CommonFilesPanel.form
index d32724abe2..04ff5ba88b 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilesearch/CommonFilesPanel.form
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilesearch/CommonFilesPanel.form
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
         <Property name="buttonGroup" type="javax.swing.ButtonGroup" editor="org.netbeans.modules.form.RADComponent$ButtonGroupPropertyEditor">
           <ComponentRef name="fileTypeFilterButtonGroup"/>
         </Property>
+        <Property name="selected" type="boolean" value="true"/>
         <Property name="text" type="java.lang.String" editor="org.netbeans.modules.i18n.form.FormI18nStringEditor">
           <ResourceString bundle="org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilesearch/Bundle.properties" key="CommonFilesPanel.selectedFileCategoriesButton.text" replaceFormat="org.openide.util.NbBundle.getMessage({sourceFileName}.class, &quot;{key}&quot;)"/>
         </Property>
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilesearch/CommonFilesPanel.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilesearch/CommonFilesPanel.java
index d7f06bb329..319784b88f 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilesearch/CommonFilesPanel.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/commonfilesearch/CommonFilesPanel.java
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ public final class CommonFilesPanel extends javax.swing.JPanel {
         });
 
         fileTypeFilterButtonGroup.add(selectedFileCategoriesButton);
+        selectedFileCategoriesButton.setSelected(true);
         org.openide.awt.Mnemonics.setLocalizedText(selectedFileCategoriesButton, org.openide.util.NbBundle.getMessage(CommonFilesPanel.class, "CommonFilesPanel.selectedFileCategoriesButton.text")); // NOI18N
         selectedFileCategoriesButton.setToolTipText(org.openide.util.NbBundle.getMessage(CommonFilesPanel.class, "CommonFilesPanel.selectedFileCategoriesButton.toolTipText")); // NOI18N
         selectedFileCategoriesButton.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {