diff --git a/app/javascript/components/rooms/room/room_settings/ServerTagRow.jsx b/app/javascript/components/rooms/room/room_settings/ServerTagRow.jsx
index eacd56190cb..1f2ae7180d1 100644
--- a/app/javascript/components/rooms/room/room_settings/ServerTagRow.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/components/rooms/room/room_settings/ServerTagRow.jsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export default function ServerTagRow({
     if (tag in serverTagsMap) {
       return serverTagsMap[tag];
     }
-    return 'Default';
+    return process.env.DEFAULT_TAG_NAME;
   }
 
   const updateAPI = useUpdateAPI();
@@ -57,9 +57,11 @@ export default function ServerTagRow({
         {[
           <Dropdown.Item
             key=""
-            value=""
+            value={process.env.DEFAULT_TAG_NAME}
             onClick={() => updateAPI.mutate({ settingName: 'serverTag', settingValue: '' })}
-          />,
+          >
+            {process.env.DEFAULT_TAG_NAME}
+          </Dropdown.Item>,
         ].concat(dropdownTags)}
       </SimpleSelect>
     </Row>
diff --git a/esbuild.dev.mjs b/esbuild.dev.mjs
index b7a5fe9543b..5f1f9d93551 100644
--- a/esbuild.dev.mjs
+++ b/esbuild.dev.mjs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as esbuild from 'esbuild';
 // Fetch 'RELATIVE_URL_ROOT' ENV variable value while removing any trailing slashes.
 const relativeUrlRoot = (process.env.RELATIVE_URL_ROOT || '').replace(/\/*$/, '');
 const serverTagNames = (process.env.SERVER_TAG_NAMES || '');
+const defaultTagName = (process.env.DEFAULT_TAG_NAME || '');
 
 esbuild.context({
   entryPoints: ['app/javascript/main.jsx'],
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ esbuild.context({
     'process.env.RELATIVE_URL_ROOT': `"${relativeUrlRoot}"`,
     'process.env.OMNIAUTH_PATH': `"${relativeUrlRoot}/auth/openid_connect"`, // currently, only OIDC is implemented
     'process.env.SERVER_TAG_NAMES': `"${serverTagNames}"`,
+    'process.env.DEFAULT_TAG_NAME': `"${defaultTagName}"`,
   },
 }).then(context => {
   if (process.argv.includes("--watch")) {
diff --git a/esbuild.mjs b/esbuild.mjs
index 86aaf208d44..3906da4a09c 100644
--- a/esbuild.mjs
+++ b/esbuild.mjs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as esbuild from 'esbuild';
 // Fetch 'RELATIVE_URL_ROOT' ENV variable value while removing any trailing slashes.
 const relativeUrlRoot = (process.env.RELATIVE_URL_ROOT || '').replace(/\/*$/, '');
 const serverTagNames = (process.env.SERVER_TAG_NAMES || '');
+const defaultTagName = (process.env.DEFAULT_TAG_NAME || '');
 
 await esbuild.build({
   entryPoints: ['app/javascript/main.jsx'],
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ await esbuild.build({
     'process.env.RELATIVE_URL_ROOT': `"${relativeUrlRoot}"`,
     'process.env.OMNIAUTH_PATH': `"${relativeUrlRoot}/auth/openid_connect"`, // currently, only OIDC is implemented
     'process.env.SERVER_TAG_NAMES': `"${serverTagNames}"`,
+    'process.env.DEFAULT_TAG_NAME': `"${defaultTagName}"`,
   },
 });
 
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index 2b5afd53b2f..7b2e391ec39 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -102,5 +102,6 @@ LOG_LEVEL=info
 # If your Greenlight instance is connected to Scalelite or another Loadbalancer with enabled support for the 'meta_server-tag'
 # parameter on create calls, you can use the following variables to configure support for this feature via the Greenlight UI.
 # Example (delimiters are , : and /):
+# DEFAULT_TAG_NAME=Standard # friendly name for the untagged/default servers
 # SERVER_TAG_NAMES=tag1:Name 1,tag2:Name2  # defines available tags and their friendly names
 # SERVER_TAG_ROLES=tag2:xyz-123-321-aaaa-zyx/abc-321-123-zzzz-cba  # allow tag only for given role ids (see role ids in DB)