diff --git a/application/controllers/Awards.php b/application/controllers/Awards.php
index 625a9ca6..8ad065dc 100644
--- a/application/controllers/Awards.php
+++ b/application/controllers/Awards.php
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class Awards extends CI_Controller {
             $postdata['worked'] = 1;
             $postdata['confirmed'] = 1;
             $postdata['notworked'] = 1;
-            $postdata['includedeleted'] = 1;
+            $postdata['includedeleted'] = 0;
             $postdata['Africa'] = 1;
             $postdata['Asia'] = 1;
             $postdata['Europe'] = 1;
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ class Awards extends CI_Controller {
             $postdata['worked'] = 1;
             $postdata['confirmed'] = 1;
             $postdata['notworked'] = 1;
-            $postdata['includedeleted'] = 1;
+            $postdata['includedeleted'] = 0;
             $postdata['Africa'] = 1;
             $postdata['Asia'] = 1;
             $postdata['Europe'] = 1;
diff --git a/application/views/awards/dxcc/index.php b/application/views/awards/dxcc/index.php
index 0155d0c7..76e61d48 100644
--- a/application/views/awards/dxcc/index.php
+++ b/application/views/awards/dxcc/index.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
                 <div class="col-md-2 control-label" for="checkboxes">Deleted DXCC</div>
                 <div class="col-md-10">
                     <div class="form-check-inline">
-                        <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" name="includedeleted" id="includedeleted" value="1" <?php if ($this->input->post('includedeleted') || $this->input->method() !== 'post') echo ' checked="checked"'; ?> >
+                        <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" name="includedeleted" id="includedeleted" value="1" <?php if ($this->input->post('includedeleted')) echo ' checked="checked"'; ?> >
                         <label class="form-check-label" for="includedeleted">Include deleted</label>
                     </div>
                 </div>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
                         <td>#</td>
                         <td>DXCC Name</td>
                         <td>Prefix</td>';
-        if ($this->input->post('includedeleted') || $this->input->method() !== 'post')
+        if ($this->input->post('includedeleted'))
             echo '
                         <td>Deleted</td>';
         foreach($bands as $band) {
diff --git a/application/views/awards/iota/index.php b/application/views/awards/iota/index.php
index 542104a3..c6d55a7d 100644
--- a/application/views/awards/iota/index.php
+++ b/application/views/awards/iota/index.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
                 <div class="col-md-2 control-label" for="checkboxes">Deleted IOTA</div>
                 <div class="col-md-10">
                     <div class="form-check-inline">
-                        <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" name="includedeleted" id="includedeleted" value="1" <?php if ($this->input->post('includedeleted') || $this->input->method() !== 'post') echo ' checked="checked"'; ?> >
+                        <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" name="includedeleted" id="includedeleted" value="1" <?php if ($this->input->post('includedeleted')) echo ' checked="checked"'; ?> >
                         <label class="form-check-label" for="includedeleted">Include deleted</label>
                     </div>
                 </div>
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
                         <td>IOTA</td>
                         <td>Prefix</td>
                         <td>Name</td>';
-        if ($this->input->post('includedeleted') || $this->input->method() !== 'post')
+        if ($this->input->post('includedeleted'))
             echo '      <td>Deleted</td>';
 
         foreach($bands as $band) {