diff --git a/authentik/events/migrations/0002_alter_notificationtransport_mode.py b/authentik/events/migrations/0002_alter_notificationtransport_mode.py
index 119586088..44c60ae76 100644
--- a/authentik/events/migrations/0002_alter_notificationtransport_mode.py
+++ b/authentik/events/migrations/0002_alter_notificationtransport_mode.py
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                     ("webhook", "Generic Webhook"),
                     ("webhook_slack", "Slack Webhook (Slack/Discord)"),
                     ("email", "Email"),
-                ]
+                ],
+                default="local",
             ),
         ),
         migrations.RunPython(notify_local_transport),
diff --git a/authentik/events/models.py b/authentik/events/models.py
index 37735c6cd..2c77ee129 100644
--- a/authentik/events/models.py
+++ b/authentik/events/models.py
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ class NotificationTransport(models.Model):
     uuid = models.UUIDField(primary_key=True, editable=False, default=uuid4)
 
     name = models.TextField(unique=True)
-    mode = models.TextField(choices=TransportMode.choices)
+    mode = models.TextField(choices=TransportMode.choices, default=TransportMode.LOCAL)
 
     webhook_url = models.TextField(blank=True, validators=[DomainlessURLValidator()])
     webhook_mapping = models.ForeignKey(