diff --git a/lib/pivotstate/pivotstate.class.php b/lib/pivotstate/pivotstate.class.php
index 6692448377..e36872325e 100644
--- a/lib/pivotstate/pivotstate.class.php
+++ b/lib/pivotstate/pivotstate.class.php
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ class pivotState
         if(!isset($settings['summary']) || $settings['summary'] !== 'notuse') $this->settings['summary'] = 'use';
         if(!isset($settings['group1']))  $this->settings['group1'] = '';
         if(!isset($settings['columns'])) $this->addColumn();
+        if(!isset($settings['columnTotal'])) $this->settings['columnTotal'] = 'noShow';
     }
 
     /**