diff --git a/src/components/views/location/LocationPicker.tsx b/src/components/views/location/LocationPicker.tsx
index c88eb8850cb..e02879017da 100644
--- a/src/components/views/location/LocationPicker.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/location/LocationPicker.tsx
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class LocationPicker extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
             container: 'mx_LocationPicker_map',
             style: config.map_style_url,
             center: [0, 0],
-            zoom: 15,
+            zoom: 1,
         });
 
         try {