diff --git a/freesound/static/bw-frontend/src/pages/moderation.js b/freesound/static/bw-frontend/src/pages/moderation.js
index 754e53f7a..ca10355cb 100644
--- a/freesound/static/bw-frontend/src/pages/moderation.js
+++ b/freesound/static/bw-frontend/src/pages/moderation.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import {stopAllPlayers} from '../components/player/utils'
+import { stopAllPlayers } from '../components/player/utils'
+import { getCookie, setCookie } from "../utils/cookies";
 
 const selectAllButton = document.getElementById('select-all');
 const selectNoneButton = document.getElementById('select-none');
@@ -102,20 +103,27 @@ const shouldAutoscroll = () => {
     return autoscrollSoundsCheckbox.checked;
 }
 
-// set cookie when changing checkbox
+// set cookie when changing checkbox and set initial cookie value
+if (getCookie('mod_include_d') === 'on') {
+    includeDeferredTicketsCheckbox.checked = true;
+}
+if (getCookie('mod_autoplay') === 'on') {
+    autoplaySoundsCheckbox.checked = true;
+}
+if (getCookie('mod_autoscroll') === 'on') {
+    autoscrollSoundsCheckbox.checked = true;
+}
+
 includeDeferredTicketsCheckbox.addEventListener('change', (evt) => {
-    const cookieValue = evt.target.checked ? 'on' : 'off';
-    document.cookie = `mod_include_d=${cookieValue};path=/`;
+    setCookie('mod_include_d', evt.target.checked ? 'on' : 'off');
 })
 
 autoplaySoundsCheckbox.addEventListener('change', (evt) => {
-    const cookieValue = evt.target.checked ? 'on' : 'off';
-    document.cookie = `mod_autoplay=${cookieValue};path=/`;
+    setCookie('mod_autoplay', evt.target.checked ? 'on' : 'off');
 })
 
 autoscrollSoundsCheckbox.addEventListener('change', (evt) => {
-    const cookieValue = evt.target.checked ? 'on' : 'off';
-    document.cookie = `mod_autoscroll=${cookieValue};path=/`;
+    setCookie('mod_autoscroll', evt.target.checked ? 'on' : 'off');
 })
 
 const correspondingTicketIsDeferred = (checkbox) => {
diff --git a/templates_bw/moderation/assigned.html b/templates_bw/moderation/assigned.html
index 411703842..a1955bd65 100644
--- a/templates_bw/moderation/assigned.html
+++ b/templates_bw/moderation/assigned.html
@@ -57,17 +57,17 @@ <h5>No sound tickets in your queue... &#128543</h5>
                 <div class="v-spacing-4">
                     <div>
                         <label for="include-deferred">
-                            <input type="checkbox" class="bw-checkbox" id="include-deferred" {% if default_include_deferred %}checked="checked"{% endif %}/>Include deferred tickets when selecting   
+                            <input type="checkbox" class="bw-checkbox" id="include-deferred" />Include deferred tickets when selecting   
                         </label>
                     </div>
                     <div>
                         <label for="autoplay-sounds">
-                            <input type="checkbox" class="bw-checkbox" id="autoplay-sounds" {% if default_autoplay %}checked="checked"{% endif %}/>Autoplay sounds when selecting   
+                            <input type="checkbox" class="bw-checkbox" id="autoplay-sounds" />Autoplay sounds when selecting   
                         </label>
                     </div>
                     <div>
                         <label for="autoscroll-sounds">
-                            <input type="checkbox" class="bw-checkbox" id="autoscroll-sounds" {% if default_autoscroll %}checked="checked"{% endif %}/>Scroll to sounds when selecting 
+                            <input type="checkbox" class="bw-checkbox" id="autoscroll-sounds" />Scroll to sounds when selecting 
                         </label>
                     </div>
                     <div class="text-grey">
diff --git a/tickets/views.py b/tickets/views.py
index c05eaa02b..91a43e22b 100644
--- a/tickets/views.py
+++ b/tickets/views.py
@@ -644,9 +644,7 @@ def moderation_assigned(request, user_id):
         "show_pagination": show_pagination,
         "max_selected_tickets_in_right_panel": settings.MAX_TICKETS_IN_MODERATION_ASSIGNED_PAGE_SELECTED_COLUMN,  # Not used in BW
         "mod_sound_form": mod_sound_form,
-        "msg_form": msg_form,
-        "default_autoplay": request.GET.get('autoplay', 'on') == 'on',
-        "default_include_deferred": request.GET.get('include_d', '') == 'on',
+        "msg_form": msg_form
     }
 
     if using_beastwhoosh(request):