diff --git a/src/plugins/condition/components/Condition.vue b/src/plugins/condition/components/Condition.vue
index 8c2f641a9a..b628763019 100644
--- a/src/plugins/condition/components/Condition.vue
+++ b/src/plugins/condition/components/Condition.vue
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
                 <select v-model="selectedOutputSelection"
                         @change="setOutputValue"
                 >
-                    <option value="">- Select Output -</option>
                     <option v-for="option in outputOptions"
                             :key="option"
                             :value="option"
diff --git a/src/plugins/condition/components/ConditionCollection.vue b/src/plugins/condition/components/ConditionCollection.vue
index 5db1e702cb..e96621f3d3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/condition/components/ConditionCollection.vue
+++ b/src/plugins/condition/components/ConditionCollection.vue
@@ -110,10 +110,14 @@ export default {
             conditions: [],
             telemetryObjs: [],
             moveIndex: Number,
-            isDragging: false
+            isDragging: false,
+            defaultOutput: undefined
         };
     },
     watch: {
+        defaultOutput(newOutput, oldOutput) {
+            this.$emit('updateDefaultOutput', newOutput);
+        },
         testData: {
             handler() {
                 this.updateTestData();
@@ -141,6 +145,7 @@ export default {
         this.observeForChanges();
         this.conditionManager = new ConditionManager(this.domainObject, this.openmct);
         this.conditionManager.on('conditionSetResultUpdated', this.handleConditionSetResultUpdated);
+        this.updateDefaultCondition();
     },
     methods: {
         handleConditionSetResultUpdated(data) {
@@ -149,8 +154,14 @@ export default {
         observeForChanges() {
             this.stopObservingForChanges = this.openmct.objects.observe(this.domainObject, 'configuration.conditionCollection', (newConditionCollection) => {
                 this.conditionCollection = newConditionCollection;
+                this.updateDefaultCondition();
             });
         },
+        updateDefaultCondition() {
+            const defaultCondition = this.domainObject.configuration.conditionCollection
+                .find(conditionConfiguration => conditionConfiguration.isDefault);
+            this.defaultOutput = defaultCondition.configuration.output;
+        },
         setMoveIndex(index) {
             this.moveIndex = index;
             this.isDragging = true;
diff --git a/src/plugins/condition/components/ConditionSet.vue b/src/plugins/condition/components/ConditionSet.vue
index d955ad2679..d3ea6f4949 100644
--- a/src/plugins/condition/components/ConditionSet.vue
+++ b/src/plugins/condition/components/ConditionSet.vue
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
             <template v-if="currentConditionOutput">
                 {{ currentConditionOutput }}
             </template>
-            <template v-else>No output selected</template>
+            <template v-else>
+                {{ defaultConditionOutput }}
+            </template>
         </div>
     </section>
     <TestData :is-editing="isEditing"
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@
         :is-editing="isEditing"
         :test-data="testData"
         @conditionSetResultUpdated="updateCurrentOutput"
+        @updateDefaultOutput="updateDefaultOutput"
         @telemetryUpdated="updateTelemetry"
     />
 </div>
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ export default {
     data() {
         return {
             currentConditionOutput: '',
+            defaultConditionOutput: '',
             telemetryObjs: [],
             testData: {}
         }
@@ -78,6 +82,9 @@ export default {
         updateCurrentOutput(currentConditionResult) {
             this.currentConditionOutput = currentConditionResult.output;
         },
+        updateDefaultOutput(output) {
+            this.currentConditionOutput = output;
+        },
         updateTelemetry(telemetryObjs) {
             this.telemetryObjs = telemetryObjs;
         },
diff --git a/src/plugins/condition/plugin.js b/src/plugins/condition/plugin.js
index 1d4855a8f5..7239435ca6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/condition/plugin.js
+++ b/src/plugins/condition/plugin.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export default function ConditionPlugin() {
                         id: uuid(),
                         configuration: {
                             name: 'Default',
-                            output: 'false',
+                            output: 'Default',
                             trigger: 'all',
                             criteria: []
                         },