diff --git a/templates/zerver/activity.html b/templates/zerver/activity.html
index 1fe27251dd..a41c16f2fe 100644
--- a/templates/zerver/activity.html
+++ b/templates/zerver/activity.html
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 <ul class="nav nav-tabs">
 {% for name, activity in data %}
-    <li {% if activity.default_tab %} class="active" {% endif %}>
+    <li {% if forloop.first %} class="active" {% endif %}>
         <a href="#{{ name }}" data-toggle="tab">{{ name }}</a>
     </li>
 {% endfor %}
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 {% for name, activity in data %}
 
-    <div class="tab-pane {% if activity.default_tab %} active {% endif %}" id="{{ name }}">
+    <div class="tab-pane {% if forloop.first %} active {% endif %}" id="{{ name }}">
     <h2>{{ name }} usage</h2>
     <table class="table sortable table-striped table-bordered">
 
diff --git a/zerver/views/__init__.py b/zerver/views/__init__.py
index 92bd515574..1ef4eb62d3 100644
--- a/zerver/views/__init__.py
+++ b/zerver/views/__init__.py
@@ -1752,9 +1752,8 @@ def json_fetch_api_key(request, user_profile, password=REQ):
     return json_success({"api_key": user_profile.api_key})
 
 class ActivityTable(object):
-    def __init__(self, realm, client_name, queries, default_tab=False):
+    def __init__(self, realm, client_name, queries):
         self.realm = realm
-        self.default_tab = default_tab
         self.has_pointer = False
         self.rows = {}
 
@@ -1853,7 +1852,7 @@ def get_activity(request, realm=REQ(default=None)):
 
     return render_to_response('zerver/activity.html',
         { 'data': [
-            ('Website',    ActivityTable(realm, 'website',       web_queries, default_tab=True)),
+            ('Website',    ActivityTable(realm, 'website',       web_queries)),
             ('Mirror',     ActivityTable(realm, 'zephyr_mirror', api_queries)),
             ('Desktop',    ActivityTable(realm, 'desktop',       api_queries)),
             ('API',        ActivityTable(realm, 'API',           api_queries)),