diff --git a/src/server/server.go b/src/server/server.go
index 224c46e..92dc217 100644
--- a/src/server/server.go
+++ b/src/server/server.go
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ type PageData struct {
 	Title       string
 	Version     string
 	Expirations []int
+	Expiration  int
 	Languages   []string
 	Err         error
 	URL         string
@@ -345,9 +346,6 @@ func (h *GetWebNoteHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	h.PageData.Err = fmt.Errorf("jriou")
-	h.Templates.ExecuteTemplate(w, templateName, h.PageData)
-
 	h.PageData.Note = note
 
 	h.logger.Debug("rendering note web page")
@@ -426,6 +424,7 @@ func (s *Server) Start() error {
 	p := PageData{
 		Title:       s.config.Title,
 		Expirations: s.config.Expirations,
+		Expiration:  s.config.Expiration,
 		Languages:   s.config.Languages,
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/server/templates/index.html b/src/server/templates/index.html
index 42faef1..0cf1d6d 100644
--- a/src/server/templates/index.html
+++ b/src/server/templates/index.html
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@
                 </div>
                 <div class="col">
                     <select class="form-select" aria-label="Expiration" id="expiration" name="expiration">
-                        <option selected="selected" disabled>Expiration</option>
-                        {{range .Expirations}}
-                        <option value="{{.}}">{{HumanDuration .}}</option>
+                        <option disabled>Expiration</option>
+                        {{range $exp := .Expirations}}
+                        <option {{ if eq $exp $.Expiration }}selected="selected"{{end}} value="{{$exp}}">{{HumanDuration $exp}}</option>
                         {{end}}
                     </select>
                 </div>