diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/correspondent-edit-dialog/correspondent-edit-dialog.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/correspondent-edit-dialog/correspondent-edit-dialog.component.ts
index cba0a922a..86be7414d 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/correspondent-edit-dialog/correspondent-edit-dialog.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/correspondent-edit-dialog/correspondent-edit-dialog.component.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Component } from '@angular/core'
 import { FormControl, FormGroup } from '@angular/forms'
 import { NgbActiveModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { EditDialogComponent } from 'src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/edit-dialog.component'
+import { DEFAULT_MATCHING_ALGORITHM } from 'src/app/data/matching-model'
 import { PaperlessCorrespondent } from 'src/app/data/paperless-correspondent'
 import { CorrespondentService } from 'src/app/services/rest/correspondent.service'
 import { ToastService } from 'src/app/services/toast.service'
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export class CorrespondentEditDialogComponent extends EditDialogComponent<Paperl
   getForm(): FormGroup {
     return new FormGroup({
       name: new FormControl(''),
-      matching_algorithm: new FormControl(1),
+      matching_algorithm: new FormControl(DEFAULT_MATCHING_ALGORITHM),
       match: new FormControl(''),
       is_insensitive: new FormControl(true),
     })
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/document-type-edit-dialog/document-type-edit-dialog.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/document-type-edit-dialog/document-type-edit-dialog.component.ts
index 05d207f35..bcd2363fd 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/document-type-edit-dialog/document-type-edit-dialog.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/document-type-edit-dialog/document-type-edit-dialog.component.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Component } from '@angular/core'
 import { FormControl, FormGroup } from '@angular/forms'
 import { NgbActiveModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { EditDialogComponent } from 'src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/edit-dialog.component'
+import { DEFAULT_MATCHING_ALGORITHM } from 'src/app/data/matching-model'
 import { PaperlessDocumentType } from 'src/app/data/paperless-document-type'
 import { DocumentTypeService } from 'src/app/services/rest/document-type.service'
 import { ToastService } from 'src/app/services/toast.service'
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export class DocumentTypeEditDialogComponent extends EditDialogComponent<Paperle
   getForm(): FormGroup {
     return new FormGroup({
       name: new FormControl(''),
-      matching_algorithm: new FormControl(1),
+      matching_algorithm: new FormControl(DEFAULT_MATCHING_ALGORITHM),
       match: new FormControl(''),
       is_insensitive: new FormControl(true),
     })
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/storage-path-edit-dialog/storage-path-edit-dialog.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/storage-path-edit-dialog/storage-path-edit-dialog.component.ts
index 2ec0821e6..54a91cb88 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/storage-path-edit-dialog/storage-path-edit-dialog.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/storage-path-edit-dialog/storage-path-edit-dialog.component.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Component } from '@angular/core'
 import { FormControl, FormGroup } from '@angular/forms'
 import { NgbActiveModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { EditDialogComponent } from 'src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/edit-dialog.component'
+import { DEFAULT_MATCHING_ALGORITHM } from 'src/app/data/matching-model'
 import { PaperlessStoragePath } from 'src/app/data/paperless-storage-path'
 import { StoragePathService } from 'src/app/services/rest/storage-path.service'
 import { ToastService } from 'src/app/services/toast.service'
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ export class StoragePathEditDialogComponent extends EditDialogComponent<Paperles
     return new FormGroup({
       name: new FormControl(''),
       path: new FormControl(''),
-      matching_algorithm: new FormControl(1),
+      matching_algorithm: new FormControl(DEFAULT_MATCHING_ALGORITHM),
       match: new FormControl(''),
       is_insensitive: new FormControl(true),
     })
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/tag-edit-dialog/tag-edit-dialog.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/tag-edit-dialog/tag-edit-dialog.component.ts
index 7b5b7abf7..c4f10d0b7 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/tag-edit-dialog/tag-edit-dialog.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/tag-edit-dialog/tag-edit-dialog.component.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { PaperlessTag } from 'src/app/data/paperless-tag'
 import { TagService } from 'src/app/services/rest/tag.service'
 import { ToastService } from 'src/app/services/toast.service'
 import { randomColor } from 'src/app/utils/color'
+import {DEFAULT_MATCHING_ALGORITHM} from "../../../../data/matching-model";
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-tag-edit-dialog',
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ export class TagEditDialogComponent extends EditDialogComponent<PaperlessTag> {
       name: new FormControl(''),
       color: new FormControl(randomColor()),
       is_inbox_tag: new FormControl(false),
-      matching_algorithm: new FormControl(1),
+      matching_algorithm: new FormControl(DEFAULT_MATCHING_ALGORITHM),
       match: new FormControl(''),
       is_insensitive: new FormControl(true),
     })
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/data/matching-model.ts b/src-ui/src/app/data/matching-model.ts
index e228893d6..8ce05528e 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/data/matching-model.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/data/matching-model.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export const MATCH_LITERAL = 3
 export const MATCH_REGEX = 4
 export const MATCH_FUZZY = 5
 export const MATCH_AUTO = 6
+export const DEFAULT_MATCHING_ALGORITHM = MATCH_AUTO
 
 export const MATCHING_ALGORITHMS = [
   {