diff --git a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterOption.java b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterOption.java
index 6c13a4c4b0..00c7533354 100644
--- a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterOption.java
+++ b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterOption.java
@@ -113,14 +113,14 @@ public class InterpreterOption {
   }
 
   public InterpreterOption() {
-    this.perNote = null;
-    this.perUser = null;
+    this.perNote = SCOPED;
+    this.perUser = SCOPED;
     remote = false;
   }
 
   public InterpreterOption(boolean remote) {
-    this.perNote = null;
-    this.perUser = null;
+    this.perNote = SCOPED;
+    this.perUser = SCOPED;
     this.remote = remote;
   }