diff --git a/jabgui/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/ai/components/summary/SummaryShowingComponent.java b/jabgui/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/ai/components/summary/SummaryShowingComponent.java
index a7818273f6c..909b5350a78 100644
--- a/jabgui/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/ai/components/summary/SummaryShowingComponent.java
+++ b/jabgui/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/ai/components/summary/SummaryShowingComponent.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public SummaryShowingComponent(@NonNull Summary summary, @NonNull Runnable regen
     @FXML
     private void initialize() {
         initializeWebView();
-        updateContent(false); // Start in plain text mode
+        updateContent(true); // Start in Markdown mode
         updateInfoText();
     }
 
diff --git a/jabgui/src/main/resources/org/jabref/gui/ai/components/summary/SummaryShowingComponent.fxml b/jabgui/src/main/resources/org/jabref/gui/ai/components/summary/SummaryShowingComponent.fxml
index f991f979c5f..be506c570e9 100644
--- a/jabgui/src/main/resources/org/jabref/gui/ai/components/summary/SummaryShowingComponent.fxml
+++ b/jabgui/src/main/resources/org/jabref/gui/ai/components/summary/SummaryShowingComponent.fxml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <children>
         <BorderPane minHeight="30.0">
             <left>
-                <CheckBox fx:id="markdownCheckbox" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#onMarkdownToggle" text="Markdown" />
+                <CheckBox fx:id="markdownCheckbox" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#onMarkdownToggle" text="%Markdown" selected="true" />
             </left>
             <center>
                 <Button mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#onRegenerateButtonClick" text="%Regenerate" translateX="-40" />
diff --git a/jablib/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties b/jablib/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties
index ce3062ce536..b73607fe8ba 100644
--- a/jablib/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties
+++ b/jablib/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties
@@ -3460,6 +3460,7 @@ Forward=Forward
 Export\ to\ JSON=Export to JSON
 Export\ to\ Markdown=Export to Markdown
 Export\ chat\ history=Export chat history
+Markdown=Makrdown
 No\ summary\ available\ to\ export=No summary available to export
 Problem\ occurred\ while\ writing\ the\ export\ file=Problem occurred while writing the export file