diff --git a/frontend/src/Store/Actions/searchActions.js b/frontend/src/Store/Actions/searchActions.js
index 69c4e75da..6c7283deb 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Store/Actions/searchActions.js
+++ b/frontend/src/Store/Actions/searchActions.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { createAction } from 'redux-actions';
 import { batchActions } from 'redux-batched-actions';
 import { createThunk, handleThunks } from 'Store/thunks';
 import getNewAuthor from 'Utilities/Author/getNewAuthor';
+import monitorNewItemsOptions from 'Utilities/Author/monitorNewItemsOptions';
 import monitorOptions from 'Utilities/Author/monitorOptions';
 import getNewBook from 'Utilities/Book/getNewBook';
 import createAjaxRequest from 'Utilities/createAjaxRequest';
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ export const defaultState = {
   authorDefaults: {
     rootFolderPath: '',
     monitor: monitorOptions[0].key,
+    monitorNewItems: monitorNewItemsOptions[0].key,
     qualityProfileId: 0,
     metadataProfileId: 0,
     tags: []
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ export const defaultState = {
   bookDefaults: {
     rootFolderPath: '',
     monitor: monitorOptions[0].key,
+    monitorNewItems: monitorNewItemsOptions[0].key,
     qualityProfileId: 0,
     metadataProfileId: 0,
     tags: []