diff -r 9884941a6d79 -r 88207b860cba src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/issue-form.jsp
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/issue-form.jsp	Mon Jan 04 15:34:41 2021 +0100
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/issue-form.jsp	Mon Jan 04 17:30:10 2021 +0100
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
                     <c:forEach var="component" items="${viewmodel.components}">
                         <option
                                 <c:if test="${not empty issue.component and component eq issue.component}">selected</c:if>
+                                <c:if test="${empty issue.component and component.id eq cid}">selected</c:if>
                                 value="${component.id}"><c:out value="${component.name}"/></option>
                     </c:forEach>
                 </select>