diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/whiteboard/component.jsx b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/whiteboard/component.jsx
index 24813b68dc..10c5fe3fe1 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/whiteboard/component.jsx
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/whiteboard/component.jsx
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import {
   DefaultFillStyle,
   DefaultFontStyle,
   DefaultSizeStyle,
+  DefaultHorizontalAlignStyle,
+  DefaultVerticalAlignStyle,
   InstancePresenceRecordType,
   setDefaultUiAssetUrls,
   setDefaultEditorAssetUrls,
@@ -552,6 +554,9 @@ const Whiteboard = React.memo((props) => {
     setTlEditor(editor);
     setTldrawAPI(editor);
 
+    DefaultHorizontalAlignStyle.defaultValue = isRTL ? 'end' : 'start';
+    DefaultVerticalAlignStyle.defaultValue = 'start';
+
     editor?.user?.updateUserPreferences({ locale: language });
 
     const colorStyles = [