diff --git a/src/components/data-processing/ConfigureEmbedding/ConfigureEmbedding.jsx b/src/components/data-processing/ConfigureEmbedding/ConfigureEmbedding.jsx
index fca390c0e9..d627a36fac 100644
--- a/src/components/data-processing/ConfigureEmbedding/ConfigureEmbedding.jsx
+++ b/src/components/data-processing/ConfigureEmbedding/ConfigureEmbedding.jsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
 } from 'antd';
 import SelectData from 'components/plots/styling/embedding-continuous/SelectData';
 
-import { isUnisample } from 'utils/experimentPredicates';
+import { getIsUnisample } from 'utils/experimentPredicates';
 
 import CategoricalEmbeddingPlot from 'components/plots/CategoricalEmbeddingPlot';
 import ContinuousEmbeddingPlot from 'components/plots/ContinuousEmbeddingPlot';
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ const ConfigureEmbedding = (props) => {
     const { loading, data: plotData, error } = cellMeta[colouring];
     const modifiedConfig = {
       ...config,
-      axes:{
+      axes: {
         ...config.axes,
         yAxisText: config.axes.yAxisText || plotColouring,
-      }
-    }
+      },
+    };
     return (
       <ViolinFilterPlot
         experimentId={experimentId}
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ const ConfigureEmbedding = (props) => {
       );
     }
 
-    if (plotColouring === 'sample' && cellSets.accessible && isUnisample(cellSets.hierarchy)
+    if (plotColouring === 'sample' && cellSets.accessible && getIsUnisample(cellSets.hierarchy)
     ) {
       return (
         <center>
diff --git a/src/components/data-processing/DataIntegration/DataIntegration.jsx b/src/components/data-processing/DataIntegration/DataIntegration.jsx
index c59ef95320..4412dc9fde 100644
--- a/src/components/data-processing/DataIntegration/DataIntegration.jsx
+++ b/src/components/data-processing/DataIntegration/DataIntegration.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React, {
-  useState, useEffect, useRef, useCallback,
+  useState, useEffect, useRef, useCallback, useMemo,
 } from 'react';
 import { useSelector, useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 import {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import ElbowPlot from 'components/plots/ElbowPlot';
 import { generateDataProcessingPlotUuid } from 'utils/generateCustomPlotUuid';
 import EmptyPlot from 'components/plots/helpers/EmptyPlot';
 import PlotStyling from 'components/plots/styling/PlotStyling';
-import { isUnisample } from 'utils/experimentPredicates';
+import { getIsUnisample } from 'utils/experimentPredicates';
 import PlotLegendAlert, { MAX_LEGEND_ITEMS } from 'components/plots/helpers/PlotLegendAlert';
 import CalculationConfig from './CalculationConfig';
 
@@ -33,9 +33,14 @@ const DataIntegration = (props) => {
   const {
     experimentId, onConfigChange, stepDisabled, stepHadErrors, disableDataIntegration,
   } = props;
-  const [selectedPlot, setSelectedPlot] = useState('embedding');
-  const [plot, setPlot] = useState(null);
+
   const cellSets = useSelector(getCellSets());
+
+  const isUnisample = useMemo(() => getIsUnisample(cellSets.hierarchy));
+
+  const [selectedPlot, setSelectedPlot] = useState(isUnisample ? 'elbow' : 'embedding');
+  const [plot, setPlot] = useState(null);
+
   const filterName = 'dataIntegration';
   const configureEmbeddingFilterName = 'configureEmbedding';
 
@@ -275,7 +280,7 @@ const DataIntegration = (props) => {
       );
     }
 
-    if ((selectedPlot === 'embedding' || selectedPlot === 'frequency') && cellSets.accessible && isUnisample(cellSets.hierarchy)
+    if ((selectedPlot === 'embedding' || selectedPlot === 'frequency') && cellSets.accessible && isUnisample
     ) {
       return (
         <center>
diff --git a/src/utils/experimentPredicates.js b/src/utils/experimentPredicates.js
index b08527ca2b..dd283ba682 100644
--- a/src/utils/experimentPredicates.js
+++ b/src/utils/experimentPredicates.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const isUnisample = (hierarchy) => hierarchy.find((rootNode) => rootNode.key === 'sample')?.children?.length === 1;
+const getIsUnisample = (hierarchy) => hierarchy.find((rootNode) => rootNode.key === 'sample')?.children?.length === 1;
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/prefer-default-export
-export { isUnisample };
+export { getIsUnisample };