diff --git a/web/src/pages/policies/PolicyBindingForm.ts b/web/src/pages/policies/PolicyBindingForm.ts
index eced5877c2..645a6a6788 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/policies/PolicyBindingForm.ts
+++ b/web/src/pages/policies/PolicyBindingForm.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { DEFAULT_CONFIG } from "../../api/Config";
 import { Form } from "../../elements/forms/Form";
 import { until } from "lit-html/directives/until";
 import { ifDefined } from "lit-html/directives/if-defined";
-import { groupBy } from "../../utils";
+import { first, groupBy } from "../../utils";
 import "../../elements/forms/HorizontalFormElement";
 
 @customElement("ak-policy-binding-form")
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export class PolicyBindingForm extends Form<PolicyBinding> {
                 label=${gettext("Timeout")}
                 ?required=${true}
                 name="timeout">
-                <input type="number" value="${this.binding?.timeout || 30}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
+                <input type="number" value="${first(this.binding?.timeout, 30)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
             </ak-form-element-horizontal>
         </form>`;
     }
diff --git a/web/src/pages/policies/dummy/DummyPolicyForm.ts b/web/src/pages/policies/dummy/DummyPolicyForm.ts
index fc7c4ed257..b1d18012f6 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/policies/dummy/DummyPolicyForm.ts
+++ b/web/src/pages/policies/dummy/DummyPolicyForm.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { Form } from "../../../elements/forms/Form";
 import { ifDefined } from "lit-html/directives/if-defined";
 import "../../../elements/forms/HorizontalFormElement";
 import "../../../elements/forms/FormGroup";
+import { first } from "../../../utils";
 
 @customElement("ak-policy-dummy-form")
 export class DummyPolicyForm extends Form<DummyPolicy> {
@@ -78,14 +79,14 @@ export class DummyPolicyForm extends Form<DummyPolicy> {
                         label=${gettext("Wait (min)")}
                         ?required=${true}
                         name="waitMin">
-                        <input type="number" value="${this.policy?.waitMin || 1}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
+                        <input type="number" value="${first(this.policy?.waitMin, 1)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
                         <p class="pf-c-form__helper-text">${gettext("The policy takes a random time to execute. This controls the minimum time it will take.")}</p>
                     </ak-form-element-horizontal>
                     <ak-form-element-horizontal
                         label=${gettext("Wait (max)")}
                         ?required=${true}
                         name="waitMax">
-                        <input type="number" value="${this.policy?.waitMax || 5}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
+                        <input type="number" value="${first(this.policy?.waitMax, 5)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
                     </ak-form-element-horizontal>
                 </div>
             </ak-form-group>
diff --git a/web/src/pages/policies/hibp/HaveIBeenPwnedPolicyForm.ts b/web/src/pages/policies/hibp/HaveIBeenPwnedPolicyForm.ts
index 2eeefe2924..25c5aa0b53 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/policies/hibp/HaveIBeenPwnedPolicyForm.ts
+++ b/web/src/pages/policies/hibp/HaveIBeenPwnedPolicyForm.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { Form } from "../../../elements/forms/Form";
 import { ifDefined } from "lit-html/directives/if-defined";
 import "../../../elements/forms/HorizontalFormElement";
 import "../../../elements/forms/FormGroup";
+import { first } from "../../../utils";
 
 @customElement("ak-policy-hibp-form")
 export class HaveIBeenPwnedPolicyForm extends Form<HaveIBeenPwendPolicy> {
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ export class HaveIBeenPwnedPolicyForm extends Form<HaveIBeenPwendPolicy> {
                         label=${gettext("Allowed count")}
                         ?required=${true}
                         name="allowedCount">
-                        <input type="number" value="${ifDefined(this.policy?.allowedCount || 0)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
+                        <input type="number" value="${first(this.policy?.allowedCount, 0)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
                         <p class="pf-c-form__helper-text">${gettext("Allow up to N occurrences in the HIBP database.")}</p>
                     </ak-form-element-horizontal>
                 </div>
diff --git a/web/src/pages/policies/password/PasswordPolicyForm.ts b/web/src/pages/policies/password/PasswordPolicyForm.ts
index f3ad38ac79..628ecfdcc0 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/policies/password/PasswordPolicyForm.ts
+++ b/web/src/pages/policies/password/PasswordPolicyForm.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { Form } from "../../../elements/forms/Form";
 import { ifDefined } from "lit-html/directives/if-defined";
 import "../../../elements/forms/HorizontalFormElement";
 import "../../../elements/forms/FormGroup";
+import { first } from "../../../utils";
 
 @customElement("ak-policy-password-form")
 export class PasswordPolicyForm extends Form<PasswordPolicy> {
@@ -77,25 +78,25 @@ export class PasswordPolicyForm extends Form<PasswordPolicy> {
                         label=${gettext("Minimum length")}
                         ?required=${true}
                         name="lengthMin">
-                        <input type="number" value="${ifDefined(this.policy?.lengthMin || 10)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
+                        <input type="number" value="${first(this.policy?.lengthMin, 10)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
                     </ak-form-element-horizontal>
                     <ak-form-element-horizontal
                         label=${gettext("Minimum amount of Uppercase Characters")}
                         ?required=${true}
                         name="amountUppercase">
-                        <input type="number" value="${ifDefined(this.policy?.amountUppercase || 2)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
+                        <input type="number" value="${first(this.policy?.amountUppercase, 2)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
                     </ak-form-element-horizontal>
                     <ak-form-element-horizontal
                         label=${gettext("Minimum amount of Lowercase Characters")}
                         ?required=${true}
                         name="amountLowercase">
-                        <input type="number" value="${ifDefined(this.policy?.amountLowercase || 2)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
+                        <input type="number" value="${first(this.policy?.amountLowercase, 2)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
                     </ak-form-element-horizontal>
                     <ak-form-element-horizontal
                         label=${gettext("Minimum amount of Symbols Characters")}
                         ?required=${true}
                         name="amountSymbols">
-                        <input type="number" value="${ifDefined(this.policy?.amountSymbols || 2)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
+                        <input type="number" value="${first(this.policy?.amountSymbols, 2)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
                     </ak-form-element-horizontal>
                     <ak-form-element-horizontal
                         label=${gettext("Error message")}
diff --git a/web/src/pages/stages/authenticator_static/AuthenticatorStaticStageForm.ts b/web/src/pages/stages/authenticator_static/AuthenticatorStaticStageForm.ts
index 5c2b423d26..4566e99792 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/stages/authenticator_static/AuthenticatorStaticStageForm.ts
+++ b/web/src/pages/stages/authenticator_static/AuthenticatorStaticStageForm.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { ifDefined } from "lit-html/directives/if-defined";
 import "../../../elements/forms/HorizontalFormElement";
 import "../../../elements/forms/FormGroup";
 import { until } from "lit-html/directives/until";
+import { first } from "../../../utils";
 
 @customElement("ak-stage-authenticator-static-form")
 export class AuthenticatorStaticStageForm extends Form<AuthenticatorStaticStage> {
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ export class AuthenticatorStaticStageForm extends Form<AuthenticatorStaticStage>
                         label=${gettext("Token count")}
                         ?required=${true}
                         name="tokenCount">
-                        <input type="text" value="${ifDefined(this.stage?.tokenCount || 6)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
+                        <input type="text" value="${first(this.stage?.tokenCount, 6)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
                     </ak-form-element-horizontal>
                     <ak-form-element-horizontal
                         label=${gettext("Configuration flow")}
diff --git a/web/src/pages/stages/email/EmailStageForm.ts b/web/src/pages/stages/email/EmailStageForm.ts
index 272b6d1898..3451b0300c 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/stages/email/EmailStageForm.ts
+++ b/web/src/pages/stages/email/EmailStageForm.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { Form } from "../../../elements/forms/Form";
 import { ifDefined } from "lit-html/directives/if-defined";
 import "../../../elements/forms/HorizontalFormElement";
 import "../../../elements/forms/FormGroup";
+import { first } from "../../../utils";
 
 @customElement("ak-stage-email-form")
 export class EmailStageForm extends Form<EmailStage> {
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ export class EmailStageForm extends Form<EmailStage> {
                         label=${gettext("SMTP Port")}
                         ?required=${true}
                         name="port">
-                        <input type="number" value="${ifDefined(this.stage?.port || 25)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
+                        <input type="number" value="${first(this.stage?.port, 25)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
                     </ak-form-element-horizontal>
                     <ak-form-element-horizontal
                         label=${gettext("SMTP Username")}
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ export class EmailStageForm extends Form<EmailStage> {
                         label=${gettext("Timeout")}
                         ?required=${true}
                         name="timeout">
-                        <input type="number" value="${ifDefined(this.stage?.timeout || 30)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
+                        <input type="number" value="${first(this.stage?.timeout, 30)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
                     </ak-form-element-horizontal>
                     <ak-form-element-horizontal
                         label=${gettext("From address")}
@@ -140,14 +141,14 @@ export class EmailStageForm extends Form<EmailStage> {
                         label=${gettext("Token expiry")}
                         ?required=${true}
                         name="tokenExpiry">
-                        <input type="number" value="${ifDefined(this.stage?.tokenExpiry || 30)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
+                        <input type="number" value="${first(this.stage?.tokenExpiry, 30)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
                         <p class="pf-c-form__helper-text">${gettext("Time in minutes the token sent is valid.")}</p>
                     </ak-form-element-horizontal>
                     <ak-form-element-horizontal
                         label=${gettext("Subject")}
                         ?required=${true}
                         name="subject">
-                        <input type="text" value="${ifDefined(this.stage?.subject || "authentik")}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
+                        <input type="text" value="${first(this.stage?.subject, "authentik")}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
                     </ak-form-element-horizontal>
                     <ak-form-element-horizontal
                         label=${gettext("Template")}
diff --git a/web/src/pages/stages/password/PasswordStageForm.ts b/web/src/pages/stages/password/PasswordStageForm.ts
index a22e597b72..6da4c90c7c 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/stages/password/PasswordStageForm.ts
+++ b/web/src/pages/stages/password/PasswordStageForm.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { ifDefined } from "lit-html/directives/if-defined";
 import "../../../elements/forms/HorizontalFormElement";
 import "../../../elements/forms/FormGroup";
 import { until } from "lit-html/directives/until";
+import { first } from "../../../utils";
 
 @customElement("ak-stage-password-form")
 export class PasswordStageForm extends Form<PasswordStage> {
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ export class PasswordStageForm extends Form<PasswordStage> {
                         label=${gettext("Failed attempts before cancel")}
                         ?required=${true}
                         name="failedAttemptsBeforeCancel">
-                        <input type="number" value="${ifDefined(this.stage?.failedAttemptsBeforeCancel || 5)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
+                        <input type="number" value="${first(this.stage?.failedAttemptsBeforeCancel, 5)}" class="pf-c-form-control" required>
                         <p class="pf-c-form__helper-text">${gettext("How many attempts a user has before the flow is canceled. To lock the user out, use a reputation policy and a user_write stage.")}</p>
                     </ak-form-element-horizontal>
                 </div>
diff --git a/web/src/utils.ts b/web/src/utils.ts
index b36342dbd2..4d79f52b20 100644
--- a/web/src/utils.ts
+++ b/web/src/utils.ts
@@ -69,3 +69,13 @@ export function groupBy<T>(objects: T[], callback: (obj: T) => string): Array<[s
     });
     return Array.from(m);
 }
+
+export function first<T>(...args: Array<T | undefined | null>): T {
+    for (let index = 0; index < args.length; index++) {
+        const element = args[index];
+        if (element !== undefined && element !== null) {
+            return element;
+        }
+    }
+    throw new Error(`No compatible arg given: ${args}`);
+}