diff --git a/nerfstudio/viewer/app/src/reducer.js b/nerfstudio/viewer/app/src/reducer.js
index d8335c80d..76a21fbb8 100644
--- a/nerfstudio/viewer/app/src/reducer.js
+++ b/nerfstudio/viewer/app/src/reducer.js
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ const initialState = {
 };
 
 function setData(newState, state, path, data) {
-  if (path === 'colormap_options') {
-    newState.colormap_choice = 'default'; // eslint-disable-line no-param-reassign
-  }
   if (path.length === 1) {
     newState[path[0]] = data; // eslint-disable-line no-param-reassign
   } else {
diff --git a/nerfstudio/viewer/server/viewer_utils.py b/nerfstudio/viewer/server/viewer_utils.py
index 37580c7e1..79370b184 100644
--- a/nerfstudio/viewer/server/viewer_utils.py
+++ b/nerfstudio/viewer/server/viewer_utils.py
@@ -753,10 +753,12 @@ class ViewerState:
         if self.output_type_changed or self.prev_colormap_type is None:
             self.prev_colormap_type = ColormapTypes.DEFAULT
             colormap_options = []
+            self.vis["renderingState/colormap_options"].write(list(ColormapTypes))
             if outputs[reformatted_output].shape[-1] == 3:
                 colormap_options = [ColormapTypes.DEFAULT]
             if outputs[reformatted_output].shape[-1] == 1 and outputs[reformatted_output].dtype == torch.float:
-                colormap_options = list(ColormapTypes)
+                self.prev_colormap_type = ColormapTypes.TURBO
+                colormap_options = list(ColormapTypes)[1:]
             self.output_type_changed = False
             self.vis["renderingState/colormap_choice"].write(self.prev_colormap_type)
             self.vis["renderingState/colormap_options"].write(colormap_options)