diff --git a/projects/ng-devtools/src/lib/devtools-tabs/directive-explorer/profiler/recording/timeline/timeline.component.ts b/projects/ng-devtools/src/lib/devtools-tabs/directive-explorer/profiler/recording/timeline/timeline.component.ts
index 3a292c2edf0..ae562115974 100644
--- a/projects/ng-devtools/src/lib/devtools-tabs/directive-explorer/profiler/recording/timeline/timeline.component.ts
+++ b/projects/ng-devtools/src/lib/devtools-tabs/directive-explorer/profiler/recording/timeline/timeline.component.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class TimelineComponent {
   currentView = 0;
 
   cmpVisualizationModes = VisualizationMode;
-  visualizationMode = VisualizationMode.FlameGraph;
+  visualizationMode = VisualizationMode.BarGraph;
   graphData: GraphNode<FlamegraphNode | WebtreegraphNode | BargraphNode>[] = [];
 
   get formatter(): FlamegraphFormatter | WebtreegraphFormatter | BarGraphFormatter {