diff --git a/landingPages/landing-utils/citeThis/citeThis.component.ts b/landingPages/landing-utils/citeThis/citeThis.component.ts
index f22e0ffc..a8933c68 100644
--- a/landingPages/landing-utils/citeThis/citeThis.component.ts
+++ b/landingPages/landing-utils/citeThis/citeThis.component.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ declare var UIkit: any;
                       [value]="style">{{style}}</mat-option>
         </mat-select>
       </mat-form-field>
-      <div *ngIf="selectedStyle!='0'">
+      <div *ngIf="selectedStyle">
         <div id="citation" class="box-content uk-margin-small-top uk-overflow-auto" [innerHTML]=citationText></div>
         <button
             class="clipboard_btn uk-button uk-button-small uk-button-secondary uk-margin-small-top uk-icon uk-float-right"
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ declare var UIkit: any;
 })
 export class CiteThisComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   private sub: any;
-  public selectedStyle: string = "0";
+  public selectedStyle: string = null;
   public citationText: string;
   public citation: Citation = new Citation();
   // public cite: any;
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export class CiteThisComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       // this.citeproc = require('./citeproc.js');
       // console.log(this.citeproc);
       this.parseData();
+      this.selectedStyle = this.citation.templates[0];
       this.updateCitation();
       this.createClipboard();
     }