diff --git a/web/assets/js/bs5.monitorSettings.js b/web/assets/js/bs5.monitorSettings.js
index 317c7de7..855a6d9a 100644
--- a/web/assets/js/bs5.monitorSettings.js
+++ b/web/assets/js/bs5.monitorSettings.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ function generateDefaultMonitorSettings(){
            "hwaccel_vcodec": "",
            "hwaccel_device": "",
            "use_coprocessor": null,
-           "stream_type": "mp4",
+           "stream_type": "hls",
            "stream_flv_type": "http",
            "stream_flv_maxLatency": "",
            "stream_mjpeg_clients": "",