diff --git a/app/src/ui/hooks/use-search.ts b/app/src/ui/hooks/use-search.ts
index b17a6aef..9d088176 100644
--- a/app/src/ui/hooks/use-search.ts
+++ b/app/src/ui/hooks/use-search.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ export function useSearch<Schema extends s.Schema = s.Schema>(
    const [location, navigate] = useLocation();
    const defaults = useMemo(() => {
       return mergeObject(
-         // @ts-ignore
-         schema.template({ withOptional: true }),
          options?.defaultValue ?? {},
+         schema.template({ withOptional: true }),
       );
    }, [JSON.stringify({ schema, dflt: options?.defaultValue })]);
    const [value, setValue] = useState<s.StaticCoerced<Schema>>(defaults);