diff --git a/app/Models/ReportTemplate.php b/app/Models/ReportTemplate.php
index b92a346932..6c8aa622fa 100644
--- a/app/Models/ReportTemplate.php
+++ b/app/Models/ReportTemplate.php
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ class ReportTemplate extends Model
         return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
     }
 
-    public function checkmarkValue(string $fieldName): string
+    public function checkmarkValue(string $fieldName, string $fallbackValue = '1'): string
     {
         // Assuming we're using the null object pattern, and an empty model
         // was passed to the view when showing the default report page,
-        // return 1 so that checkboxes are checked by default.
+        // return the fallback value so that checkboxes are checked by default.
         if (is_null($this->id)) {
-            return '1';
+            return $fallbackValue;
         }
 
         // Return the field's value if it exists and return 0
diff --git a/resources/views/reports/custom.blade.php b/resources/views/reports/custom.blade.php
index afa13ceaff..6159f520b3 100644
--- a/resources/views/reports/custom.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/reports/custom.blade.php
@@ -407,13 +407,13 @@
 
             <div class="col-md-9 col-md-offset-3">
             <label class="form-control">
-              {{ Form::checkbox('exclude_archived', '1', $template->checkmarkValue('exclude_archived')) }}
+              {{ Form::checkbox('exclude_archived', '1', $template->checkmarkValue('exclude_archived', '0')) }}
               {{ trans('general.exclude_archived') }}
             </label>
             </div>
             <div class="col-md-9 col-md-offset-3">
               <label class="form-control">
-                {{ Form::checkbox('use_bom', '1', $template->checkmarkValue('use_bom')) }}
+                {{ Form::checkbox('use_bom', '1', $template->checkmarkValue('use_bom', '0')) }}
                 {{ trans('general.bom_remark') }}
               </label>
             </div>
diff --git a/tests/Unit/ReportTemplateTest.php b/tests/Unit/ReportTemplateTest.php
index 1f3976f5ac..55b9d47225 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/ReportTemplateTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/ReportTemplateTest.php
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ class ReportTemplateTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('1', $template->checkmarkValue('is_a_checkbox_field'));
         $this->assertEquals('0', $template->checkmarkValue('non_existent_key'));
         $this->assertEquals('0', $template->checkmarkValue('is_checkbox_field_with_zero'));
+        $this->assertEquals('0', (new ReportTemplate)->checkmarkValue('non_existent_key', '0'));
     }
 
     public function testParsingTextValue()