diff --git a/src/ui/widgets/EmbeddedDisplay/bobParser.test.ts b/src/ui/widgets/EmbeddedDisplay/bobParser.test.ts
index 451893da..81b5bdc7 100644
--- a/src/ui/widgets/EmbeddedDisplay/bobParser.test.ts
+++ b/src/ui/widgets/EmbeddedDisplay/bobParser.test.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ describe("opi widget parser", (): void => {
       <y>62</y>
       <width>140</width>
       <height>50</height>
-      <border_alarm_sensitive>false</border_alarm_sensitive>
     </widget>
   </display>`;
   it("parses defaults", (): void => {
@@ -116,6 +115,7 @@ describe("opi widget parser", (): void => {
     expect(widget.precisionFromPv).toEqual(true);
     expect(widget.showUnits).toEqual(true);
     expect(widget.wrapWords).toEqual(true);
+    expect(widget.alarmSensitive).toEqual(true);
   });
 
   const readbackPrecisionUnits = `
diff --git a/src/ui/widgets/EmbeddedDisplay/bobParser.ts b/src/ui/widgets/EmbeddedDisplay/bobParser.ts
index ebd772ff..46bc432a 100644
--- a/src/ui/widgets/EmbeddedDisplay/bobParser.ts
+++ b/src/ui/widgets/EmbeddedDisplay/bobParser.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   opiParseRules,
   opiParsePvName,
   opiParseColor,
-  opiParseAlarmSensitive,
   opiParseString,
   opiParseMacros,
   opiParseBoolean
@@ -151,6 +150,15 @@ function bobParseBorder(props: any): Border {
   }
 }
 
+export function bobParseAlarmSensitive(props: any): boolean {
+  // If property is missing the default is true
+  let alarmSensitive = true;
+  if (props.border_alarm_sensitive !== undefined) {
+    alarmSensitive = opiParseBoolean(props.border_alarm_sensitive);
+  }
+  return alarmSensitive;
+}
+
 function bobParseItems(jsonProp: ElementCompact): string[] {
   const items: string[] = [];
   jsonProp["item"].forEach((item: any) => {
@@ -329,7 +337,7 @@ const BOB_COMPLEX_PARSERS: ComplexParserDict = {
   type: bobParseType,
   position: bobParsePosition,
   border: bobParseBorder,
-  alarmSensitive: opiParseAlarmSensitive,
+  alarmSensitive: bobParseAlarmSensitive,
   file: bobParseFile
 };