diff --git a/src/ts/storage/database.ts b/src/ts/storage/database.ts
index 367b5c06..2a93d1fb 100644
--- a/src/ts/storage/database.ts
+++ b/src/ts/storage/database.ts
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ export function setDatabase(data:Database){
     data.min_p ??= 0
     data.top_a ??= 0
     data.customTokenizer ??= 'tik'
+    data.instructChatTemplate ??= "chatml"
 
     changeLanguage(data.language)
     DataBase.set(data)