diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/views/CRUD/alert/AlertReportModal.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/views/CRUD/alert/AlertReportModal.tsx
index 99a132b53d..72b01b7b5b 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/views/CRUD/alert/AlertReportModal.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/views/CRUD/alert/AlertReportModal.tsx
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ const DEFAULT_WORKING_TIMEOUT = 3600;
 const DEFAULT_CRON_VALUE = '0 * * * *'; // every hour
 const DEFAULT_ALERT = {
   active: true,
+  creation_method: 'alerts_reports',
   crontab: DEFAULT_CRON_VALUE,
   log_retention: DEFAULT_RETENTION,
   working_timeout: DEFAULT_WORKING_TIMEOUT,