diff --git a/components/user/Tabs/SettingsContent.tsx b/components/user/Tabs/SettingsContent.tsx
index 020146dc..de95027c 100644
--- a/components/user/Tabs/SettingsContent.tsx
+++ b/components/user/Tabs/SettingsContent.tsx
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export default function SettingsContent({ authedUser }: Props) {
   })
   const $country = useField({
     ...FIELDS.country,
+    useDefault: false,
     defaultValue: authedUser.country_code,
   })
   const [$error, $setError] = useState<string>(UNSET)
diff --git a/hooks/useForm.ts b/hooks/useForm.ts
index ade6dfb1..f13dbb5e 100644
--- a/hooks/useForm.ts
+++ b/hooks/useForm.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export interface ProvidedField {
   options?: NameValue[]
   defaultErrorText?: string
   whitespace?: WHITESPACE
+  useDefault?: boolean
 }
 export interface Field extends ProvidedField {
   value: string