diff --git a/app/javascript/components/visual-settings-form/index.jsx b/app/javascript/components/visual-settings-form/index.jsx
index 39e40c069f8..3785508b0da 100644
--- a/app/javascript/components/visual-settings-form/index.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/components/visual-settings-form/index.jsx
@@ -5,21 +5,36 @@ import MiqFormRenderer from '@@ddf';
 import createSchema from './visual-settings-form.schema';
 
 const VisualSettingsForm = ({ recordId }) => {
-  const [{ initialValues, timezoneOptions, isLoading }, setState] = useState({ isLoading: true });
+  const [{
+    initialValues, shortcuts, timezoneOptions, isLoading,
+  }, setState] = useState({ isLoading: true });
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    API.get('/api').then(({ timezones }) => {
-      const timezoneOptions = [];
-      timezones.forEach((timezone) => {
-        timezoneOptions.push({ value: timezone.name, label: timezone.description });
+    API.get('/api/shortcuts?expand=resources&attributes=description,url').then(({ resources }) => {
+      const shortcuts = [];
+
+      resources.forEach((shortcut) => {
+        shortcuts.push({ value: shortcut.url, label: shortcut.description });
+      });
+
+      return shortcuts;
+    }).then((shortcuts) => {
+      API.get('/api').then(({ timezones }) => {
+        const timezoneOptions = [];
+
+        timezones.forEach((timezone) => {
+          timezoneOptions.push({ value: timezone.name, label: timezone.description });
+        });
+
+        return timezoneOptions;
+      }).then((timezoneOptions) => {
+        API.get(`/api/users/${recordId}?attributes=settings`).then(({ settings }) => setState({
+          initialValues: settings,
+          shortcuts,
+          timezoneOptions,
+          isLoading: false,
+        }));
       });
-      return timezoneOptions;
-    }).then((timezoneOptions) => {
-      API.get(`/api/users/${recordId}?attributes=settings`).then(({ settings }) => setState({
-        initialValues: settings,
-        timezoneOptions,
-        isLoading: false,
-      }));
     });
   }, [recordId]);
 
@@ -42,7 +57,7 @@ const VisualSettingsForm = ({ recordId }) => {
   }
   return (
     <MiqFormRenderer
-      schema={createSchema(timezoneOptions)}
+      schema={createSchema(shortcuts, timezoneOptions)}
       initialValues={initialValues}
       onSubmit={onSubmit}
       canReset
diff --git a/app/javascript/components/visual-settings-form/visual-settings-form.schema.js b/app/javascript/components/visual-settings-form/visual-settings-form.schema.js
index 26c7c881422..01bdfc37086 100644
--- a/app/javascript/components/visual-settings-form/visual-settings-form.schema.js
+++ b/app/javascript/components/visual-settings-form/visual-settings-form.schema.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { componentTypes } from '@@ddf';
 
-const createSchema = (timezoneOptions) => ({
+const createSchema = (shortcuts, timezoneOptions) => ({
   fields: [
     {
       component: componentTypes.SUB_FORM,
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ const createSchema = (timezoneOptions) => ({
           id: 'display.startpage',
           label: __('Start Page'),
           isSearchable: true,
-          loadOptions: () => API.get('/api/shortcuts?expand=resources&attributes=description,url')
-            .then(({ resources }) => resources.map(({ url, description }) => ({ value: url, label: description }))),
+          simpleValue: true,
+          options: shortcuts,
         },
         {
           component: componentTypes.SELECT,
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/ui/settings.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/ui/settings.cy.js
index 2d722669db2..419184a0c78 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/ui/settings.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/ui/settings.cy.js
@@ -1,6 +1,37 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-undef */
-describe('GTL', () => {
+describe('Settings > My Settings', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     cy.login();
+    cy.menu('Settings', 'My Settings');
+  });
+
+  it('Saves the start page setting', () => {
+    cy.get('#display\\.startpage').then((value) => {
+      expect(value[0].value).to.be.oneOf(['', 'Overview / Dashboard']);
+    });
+    cy.changeSelect('display\\.startpage', 'Overview / Utilization');
+    cy.intercept('PATCH', '/api/users/*').as('settingsUpdate');
+    cy.contains('button', 'Save').click();
+    cy.wait('@settingsUpdate').its('response.statusCode').should('eq', 200);
+
+    // Wait for page to load before clicking log out to prevent errors
+    cy.get('[name="general-subform"] > :nth-child(2) > .bx--select');
+    cy.get('#menu_item_logout').click();
+    cy.login();
+    cy.url().should('include', '/utilization');
+
+    cy.menu('Settings', 'My Settings');
+    cy.get('#display\\.startpage').then((value) => {
+      expect(value[0].value).to.equal('Overview / Utilization');
+    });
+    cy.changeSelect('display\\.startpage', 'Overview / Dashboard');
+    cy.intercept('PATCH', '/api/users/*').as('settingsUpdate');
+    cy.contains('button', 'Save').click();
+    cy.wait('@settingsUpdate').its('response.statusCode').should('eq', 200);
+
+    cy.get('[name="general-subform"] > :nth-child(2) > .bx--select');
+    cy.get('#menu_item_logout').click();
+    cy.login();
+    cy.url().should('include', '/dashboard');
   });
 });
diff --git a/cypress/support/commands/select.js b/cypress/support/commands/select.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2001e2b6471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/support/commands/select.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-undef */
+
+// selectId: String of the ID of the select element to interact with.
+// optionToSelect: String of the option to select from the dropdown.
+Cypress.Commands.add('changeSelect', (selectId, optionToSelect) => {
+  // First, get the select element and store its text
+  let selectElementText = '';
+  cy.get(`#${selectId}`).then((selectElement) => {
+    // Get the currently displayed text in the select element
+    selectElementText = selectElement.text().trim();
+    // Click to open the dropdown
+    cy.wrap(selectElement).click();
+  }).then(() => {
+    // Now find the options and try to select the requested one
+    cy.get('.bx--list-box__menu-item__option').then((options) => {
+      const optionArray = Cypress.$.makeArray(options);
+      const match = optionArray.find((el) => el.innerText.trim() === optionToSelect);
+
+      if (match) {
+        cy.wrap(match).click();
+      } else {
+        // Include both the requested option and the select element's text in the error
+        cy.logAndThrowError(
+          `Could not find "${optionToSelect}" in select element with text "${selectElementText}"`
+        );
+      }
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/cypress/support/e2e.js b/cypress/support/e2e.js
index 1fec6ef1477..841e2f49d6d 100644
--- a/cypress/support/e2e.js
+++ b/cypress/support/e2e.js
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import './commands/menu.js';
 import './commands/stub_notifications.js';
 import './commands/throttle_response.js';
 import './commands/toolbar.js';
+import './commands/select.js';
 
 // Assertions
 import './assertions/expect_alerts.js';