diff --git a/site/src/components/WorkspaceScheduleForm/WorkspaceScheduleForm.tsx b/site/src/components/WorkspaceScheduleForm/WorkspaceScheduleForm.tsx
index dbc88319cf..273ba64319 100644
--- a/site/src/components/WorkspaceScheduleForm/WorkspaceScheduleForm.tsx
+++ b/site/src/components/WorkspaceScheduleForm/WorkspaceScheduleForm.tsx
@@ -164,6 +164,23 @@ export const validationSchema = Yup.object({
 
 export const defaultWorkspaceScheduleTTL = 8
 
+export const emptyWorkspaceSchedule = (
+  ttl = 0,
+  timezone = dayjs.tz.guess(),
+): WorkspaceScheduleFormValues => ({
+  sunday: false,
+  monday: false,
+  tuesday: false,
+  wednesday: false,
+  thursday: false,
+  friday: false,
+  saturday: false,
+
+  startTime: "",
+  timezone,
+  ttl,
+})
+
 export const defaultWorkspaceSchedule = (
   ttl = defaultWorkspaceScheduleTTL,
   timezone = dayjs.tz.guess(),
diff --git a/site/src/pages/WorkspaceSchedulePage/WorkspaceSchedulePage.test.tsx b/site/src/pages/WorkspaceSchedulePage/WorkspaceSchedulePage.test.tsx
index 1f440e18ee..61ac5ddfc7 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/WorkspaceSchedulePage/WorkspaceSchedulePage.test.tsx
+++ b/site/src/pages/WorkspaceSchedulePage/WorkspaceSchedulePage.test.tsx
@@ -166,15 +166,15 @@ describe("WorkspaceSchedulePage", () => {
         },
         {
           sunday: false,
-          monday: true,
-          tuesday: true,
-          wednesday: true,
-          thursday: true,
-          friday: true,
+          monday: false,
+          tuesday: false,
+          wednesday: false,
+          thursday: false,
+          friday: false,
           saturday: false,
-          startTime: "09:30",
+          startTime: "",
           timezone: "",
-          ttl: 8,
+          ttl: 0,
         },
       ],
 
@@ -185,6 +185,27 @@ describe("WorkspaceSchedulePage", () => {
           autostart_schedule: "",
           ttl_ms: 7_200_000,
         },
+        {
+          sunday: false,
+          monday: false,
+          tuesday: false,
+          wednesday: false,
+          thursday: false,
+          friday: false,
+          saturday: false,
+          startTime: "",
+          timezone: "",
+          ttl: 2,
+        },
+      ],
+
+      // start schedule only
+      [
+        {
+          ...Mocks.MockWorkspace,
+          autostart_schedule: "CRON_TZ=UTC 30 9 * * 1-5",
+          ttl_ms: undefined,
+        },
         {
           sunday: false,
           monday: true,
@@ -194,8 +215,8 @@ describe("WorkspaceSchedulePage", () => {
           friday: true,
           saturday: false,
           startTime: "09:30",
-          timezone: "",
-          ttl: 2,
+          timezone: "UTC",
+          ttl: 0,
         },
       ],
 
diff --git a/site/src/pages/WorkspaceSchedulePage/WorkspaceSchedulePage.tsx b/site/src/pages/WorkspaceSchedulePage/WorkspaceSchedulePage.tsx
index 3e74c1e17a..0477fc9347 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/WorkspaceSchedulePage/WorkspaceSchedulePage.tsx
+++ b/site/src/pages/WorkspaceSchedulePage/WorkspaceSchedulePage.tsx
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ import * as TypesGen from "../../api/typesGenerated"
 import { ErrorSummary } from "../../components/ErrorSummary/ErrorSummary"
 import { FullScreenLoader } from "../../components/Loader/FullScreenLoader"
 import {
-  defaultWorkspaceSchedule,
-  defaultWorkspaceScheduleTTL,
+  emptyWorkspaceSchedule,
   WorkspaceScheduleForm,
   WorkspaceScheduleFormValues,
 } from "../../components/WorkspaceScheduleForm/WorkspaceScheduleForm"
@@ -111,10 +110,10 @@ export const workspaceToInitialValues = (
   const schedule = workspace.autostart_schedule
   const ttlHours = workspace.ttl_ms
     ? Math.round(workspace.ttl_ms / (1000 * 60 * 60))
-    : defaultWorkspaceScheduleTTL
+    : 0
 
   if (!schedule) {
-    return defaultWorkspaceSchedule(ttlHours, defaultTimeZone)
+    return emptyWorkspaceSchedule(ttlHours, defaultTimeZone)
   }
 
   const timezone = extractTimezone(schedule, defaultTimeZone)