diff --git a/web-client/src/components/SrGenUserPresets.vue b/web-client/src/components/SrGenUserPresets.vue
index 2ea989e7..372196ef 100644
--- a/web-client/src/components/SrGenUserPresets.vue
+++ b/web-client/src/components/SrGenUserPresets.vue
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ const selectBox = (boxId: number) => {
         reqParameterStore.setMissionValue('ICESat-2');
         reqParameterStore.setIceSat2API('atl03x-surface');
         reqParameterStore.setUseSurfaceFitAlgorithm(true);
-        reqParameterStore.setAsset('icesat2');
         break;
       case 'ICESat-2 Land Ice Sheet':
         reqParameterStore.setMissionValue('ICESat-2');
@@ -53,24 +52,20 @@ const selectBox = (boxId: number) => {
         reqParameterStore.setMissionValue('ICESat-2');
         reqParameterStore.setIceSat2API('atl03x-phoreal');
         reqParameterStore.setEnablePhoReal(true);
-        reqParameterStore.setAsset('icesat2');
         break;
       case 'ICESat-2 Coastal Bathymetry':
         reqParameterStore.setMissionValue('ICESat-2');
         reqParameterStore.setIceSat2API('atl24x');
-        reqParameterStore.setAsset('icesat2');
         break;
       case 'ICESat-2 Geolocated Photons':
         reqParameterStore.setMissionValue('ICESat-2');
         reqParameterStore.setIceSat2API('atl03x');
-        reqParameterStore.setAsset('icesat2');
         break;
       case 'ICESat-2 Inland Bodies of Water':
         //console.log("ICESat-2 Inland Bodies of Water selected.");
         // This is a special case, it uses the atl13x API
         reqParameterStore.setMissionValue('ICESat-2');
         reqParameterStore.setIceSat2API('atl13x');
-        reqParameterStore.setAsset('icesat2');
         break;
       case 'GEDI Biomass Density':
         reqParameterStore.setMissionValue('GEDI');
diff --git a/web-client/src/stores/reqParamsStore.ts b/web-client/src/stores/reqParamsStore.ts
index cd48e624..644d38d5 100644
--- a/web-client/src/stores/reqParamsStore.ts
+++ b/web-client/src/stores/reqParamsStore.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export function getDefaultReqParamsState(): SrReqParamsState {
       iceSat2SelectedAPI: 'atl03x-surface' as string,
       gediSelectedAPI: 'gedi01bp' as string,
       using_worker: false,
-      asset: 'icesat2',
+      asset: '',
       isArrowStream: false,
       isFeatherStream: false,
       rasterizePolyCellSize: 0.01,
@@ -429,7 +429,6 @@ const createReqParamsStore = (id: string) =>
             }
           }
 
-          req.asset = this.getAsset();
           //console.log('getAtlReqParams: req.asset:', req.asset);
           if(this.iceSat2SelectedAPI.includes('atl03')){ 
             if(this.atl03_geo_fields.length>0) {
@@ -442,6 +441,9 @@ const createReqParamsStore = (id: string) =>
               req.atl03_ph_fields = this.atl03_ph_fields;
             }
           }
+          if(this.iceSat2SelectedAPI.includes('atl06') || this.iceSat2SelectedAPI.includes('atl08')){
+            req.asset = this.getAsset();
+          }
           if((this.iceSat2SelectedAPI.includes('atl06') || this.iceSat2SelectedAPI.includes('atl03x-surface'))){ 
             if(this.atl06_fields.length>0) {
               req.atl06_fields = this.atl06_fields;
@@ -485,6 +487,7 @@ const createReqParamsStore = (id: string) =>
               req.res = this.getStepValue();
             }
           } else if(this.missionValue === 'GEDI') {
+            req.asset = this.getAsset();
             if(this.degradeFlag){
               req.degrade = true;
             }