diff --git a/frontend/app/player/web/messages/MFileReader.ts b/frontend/app/player/web/messages/MFileReader.ts
index 9bad510b6..e1ce5969b 100644
--- a/frontend/app/player/web/messages/MFileReader.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/player/web/messages/MFileReader.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export default class MFileReader extends RawMessageReader {
     }
   }
 
-  currentTab = ''
+  currentTab = 'back-compatability'
   readNext(): Message & { _index?: number } | null {
     if (this.error || !this.hasNextByte()) {
       return null
diff --git a/frontend/app/player/web/messages/MStreamReader.ts b/frontend/app/player/web/messages/MStreamReader.ts
index 14897bd3e..003d56b31 100644
--- a/frontend/app/player/web/messages/MStreamReader.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/player/web/messages/MStreamReader.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export default class MStreamReader {
   private t: number = 0
   private idx: number = 0
 
-  currentTab = ''
+  currentTab = 'back-compatability'
   readNext(): Message & { _index: number } | null {
     let msg = this.r.readMessage()
     if (msg === null) { return null }