diff --git a/changes/issue-3240-refresh-new-policy-defaults b/changes/issue-3240-refresh-new-policy-defaults
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6dadb1795d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/issue-3240-refresh-new-policy-defaults
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* Default policy renders if user refreshes the policy creation page
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend/pages/policies/PolicyPage/PolicyPage.tsx b/frontend/pages/policies/PolicyPage/PolicyPage.tsx
index 067d8d61cb..315f14f134 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/policies/PolicyPage/PolicyPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/policies/PolicyPage/PolicyPage.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { InjectedRouter, Params } from "react-router/lib/Router";
 import Fleet from "fleet"; // @ts-ignore
 import { AppContext } from "context/app";
 import { PolicyContext } from "context/policy";
-import { QUERIES_PAGE_STEPS } from "utilities/constants";
+import { QUERIES_PAGE_STEPS, DEFAULT_POLICY } from "utilities/constants";
 import globalPoliciesAPI from "services/entities/global_policies"; // @ts-ignore
 import teamPoliciesAPI from "services/entities/team_policies"; // @ts-ignore
 import hostAPI from "services/entities/hosts"; // @ts-ignore
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ const PolicyPage = ({
     setLastEditedQueryResolution,
   } = useContext(PolicyContext);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (lastEditedQueryBody === "") {
+      setLastEditedQueryBody(DEFAULT_POLICY.query);
+    }
+  }, []);
+
   const [step, setStep] = useState<string>(QUERIES_PAGE_STEPS[1]);
   const [selectedTargets, setSelectedTargets] = useState<ITarget[]>([]);
   const [isLiveQueryRunnable, setIsLiveQueryRunnable] = useState<boolean>(true);