diff --git a/app/controllers/experiments_controller.rb b/app/controllers/experiments_controller.rb
index 6e64e72f3..473f51a26 100644
--- a/app/controllers/experiments_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/experiments_controller.rb
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class ExperimentsController < ApplicationController
 
     @project = @experiment.project
     @active_modules = @experiment.my_modules.active.order(:name)
-    @my_module_visible_table_columns = current_user.settings['visible_my_module_table_columns'].presence || []
+    @my_module_visible_table_columns = current_user.my_module_visible_table_columns
   end
 
   def load_table
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 8bc5c1446..b7ea13ea0 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -692,6 +692,11 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
     end
   end
 
+  def my_module_visible_table_columns
+    settings['visible_my_module_table_columns'].presence ||
+    %w(id due_date age results status archived assigned tags comments)
+  end
+
   protected
 
   def confirmation_required?