diff --git a/docs/_static/version_switcher.json b/docs/_static/version_switcher.json
index 79b737487..fbaa81787 100644
--- a/docs/_static/version_switcher.json
+++ b/docs/_static/version_switcher.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 	{
 		"name": "stable (0.4.19)",
 		"version": "0.4.19",
+		"preferred": true,
 		"url": "https://napari.org/stable/"
 	},
 	{