diff --git a/website/view/viewer.mjs b/website/view/viewer.mjs
index 064e7b2..8916d68 100644
--- a/website/view/viewer.mjs
+++ b/website/view/viewer.mjs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ const {
 	XfaLayer,
 } = globalThis.pdfjsLib; // ./web/ui_utils.js
 
-const DEFAULT_SCALE_VALUE = "auto";
+const DEFAULT_SCALE_VALUE = "page-fit";
 const DEFAULT_SCALE = 1.0;
 const DEFAULT_SCALE_DELTA = 1.1;
 const MIN_SCALE = 0.1;