diff --git a/public/scripts/power-user.js b/public/scripts/power-user.js
index 3c937d2c7..dab88ccbc 100644
--- a/public/scripts/power-user.js
+++ b/public/scripts/power-user.js
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ function loadPowerUserSettings(settings, data) {
     power_user.font_scale = Number(localStorage.getItem(storage_keys.font_scale) ?? 1);
     power_user.blur_strength = Number(localStorage.getItem(storage_keys.blur_strength) ?? 10);
 
-    $(`#pygmalion_formatting option[value=${power_user.pygmalion_formatting}]`).prop("checked", true);
+    $(`#pygmalion_formatting option[value=${power_user.pygmalion_formatting}]`).attr("selected", true);
     $("#collapse-newlines-checkbox").prop("checked", power_user.collapse_newlines);
     $("#pin-examples-checkbox").prop("checked", power_user.pin_examples);
     $("#disable-description-formatting-checkbox").prop("checked", power_user.disable_description_formatting);