diff --git a/backend/packages/Upgrade/src/api/services/ExperimentService.ts b/backend/packages/Upgrade/src/api/services/ExperimentService.ts
index 5cee919492..5c57d1671a 100644
--- a/backend/packages/Upgrade/src/api/services/ExperimentService.ts
+++ b/backend/packages/Upgrade/src/api/services/ExperimentService.ts
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ export class ExperimentService {
         'conditions.conditionPayloads',
         'conditions.levelCombinationElements',
         'conditions.levelCombinationElements.level',
+        'stratificationFactor',
       ],
     });
     const formatedExperiments = experimentDetails.map((experiment) => {
diff --git a/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/features/dashboard/home/components/experiment-overview/experiment-overview.component.ts b/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/features/dashboard/home/components/experiment-overview/experiment-overview.component.ts
index 07454655e4..679585e1d3 100644
--- a/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/features/dashboard/home/components/experiment-overview/experiment-overview.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/features/dashboard/home/components/experiment-overview/experiment-overview.component.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export class ExperimentOverviewComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         consistencyRule: [null, Validators.required],
         conditionOrder: [null],
         designType: [ExperimentDesignTypes.SIMPLE, Validators.required],
-        assignmentAlgorithm: [null, Validators.required],
+        assignmentAlgorithm: [ASSIGNMENT_ALGORITHM.RANDOM, Validators.required],
         stratificationFactor: [null],
         context: [null, Validators.required],
         tags: [[]],