diff --git a/app/Filament/Resources/NodeResource/Pages/CreateNode.php b/app/Filament/Resources/NodeResource/Pages/CreateNode.php
index 50cda02b2..bd21dc558 100644
--- a/app/Filament/Resources/NodeResource/Pages/CreateNode.php
+++ b/app/Filament/Resources/NodeResource/Pages/CreateNode.php
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ class CreateNode extends CreateRecord
                                     false => 'success',
                                 ]),
                             Forms\Components\ToggleButtons::make('public')
+                                ->default(true)
                                 ->columnSpan(1)
                                 ->label('Automatic Allocation')->inline()
                                 ->options([