diff --git a/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/PageComponent/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/PageComponent/index.tsx
index 3b9bf19b5..c64139d71 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/PageComponent/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/PageComponent/index.tsx
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ export default function Page({
     edgeUpdateSuccessful.current = true;
   }, []);
 
-  const [selectionEnded, setSelectionEnded] = useState(false);
+  const [selectionEnded, setSelectionEnded] = useState(true);
 
   const onSelectionEnd = useCallback(() => {
     setSelectionEnded(true);