diff --git a/Content.Client/Access/UI/IdCardConsoleWindow.xaml.cs b/Content.Client/Access/UI/IdCardConsoleWindow.xaml.cs
index 298912e7d5..82f6ebd8b5 100644
--- a/Content.Client/Access/UI/IdCardConsoleWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/Access/UI/IdCardConsoleWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ namespace Content.Client.Access.UI
         private string? _lastJobTitle;
         private string? _lastJobProto;
 
+        // The job that will be picked if the ID doesn't have a job on the station.
+        private static ProtoId<JobPrototype> _defaultJob = "Passenger";
+
         public IdCardConsoleWindow(IdCardConsoleBoundUserInterface owner, IPrototypeManager prototypeManager,
             List<ProtoId<AccessLevelPrototype>> accessLevels)
         {
@@ -65,7 +68,6 @@ namespace Content.Client.Access.UI
             }
 
             JobPresetOptionButton.OnItemSelected += SelectJobPreset;
-
             _accessButtons.Populate(accessLevels, prototypeManager);
             AccessLevelControlContainer.AddChild(_accessButtons);
 
@@ -172,11 +174,15 @@ namespace Content.Client.Access.UI
                                        new List<ProtoId<AccessLevelPrototype>>());
 
             var jobIndex = _jobPrototypeIds.IndexOf(state.TargetIdJobPrototype);
-            if (jobIndex >= 0)
+            // If the job index is < 0 that means they don't have a job registered in the station records.
+            // For example, a new ID from a box would have no job index.
+            if (jobIndex < 0)
             {
-                JobPresetOptionButton.SelectId(jobIndex);
+                jobIndex = _jobPrototypeIds.IndexOf(_defaultJob);
             }
 
+            JobPresetOptionButton.SelectId(jobIndex);
+
             _lastFullName = state.TargetIdFullName;
             _lastJobTitle = state.TargetIdJobTitle;
             _lastJobProto = state.TargetIdJobPrototype;