diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapListing/BeatmapListingSearchSection.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapListing/BeatmapListingSearchSection.cs
index f47144e5d8..f9799d8a6b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapListing/BeatmapListingSearchSection.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapListing/BeatmapListingSearchSection.cs
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ public BeatmapListingSearchSection()
                     }
                 }
             });
+
+            Category.Value = BeatmapSearchCategory.Leaderboard;
         }
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]