diff --git a/src/gui/src/UI/UIWindowFontPicker.js b/src/gui/src/UI/UIWindowFontPicker.js
index f84351c650..8de91051b5 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/UI/UIWindowFontPicker.js
+++ b/src/gui/src/UI/UIWindowFontPicker.js
@@ -41,13 +41,14 @@ const font_list = new Set([
 async function UIWindowFontPicker (options) {
     // set sensible defaults
     if ( arguments.length > 0 ) {
-        // if first argument is a string, then assume it is the default color
+        // if first argument is a string, then assume it is the default font
         if ( window.isString(arguments[0]) ) {
             options = {};
-            options.default = arguments[0];
+            options.defaultValue = arguments[0];
         }
     }
     options = options || {};
+    const defaultFont = options.defaultValue || options.defaultFont || options.default;
 
     return new Promise(async (resolve) => {
         let h = '';
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ async function UIWindowFontPicker (options) {
         h += '<div style="padding: 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ced7e1; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box;">';
         h += '<div class="font-list" style="margin-bottom: 10px; height: 200px; overflow-y: scroll; background-color: white; padding: 0 10px;">';
         fontAvailable.forEach(element => {
-            h += `<p class="font-selector disable-user-select ${options.default === element ? 'font-selector-active' : ''}" style="font-family: '${html_encode(element)}';" data-font-family="${html_encode(element)}">${html_encode(element)}</p>`; // 👉️ one, two, three, four
+            h += `<p class="font-selector disable-user-select ${defaultFont === element ? 'font-selector-active' : ''}" style="font-family: '${html_encode(element)}';" data-font-family="${html_encode(element)}">${html_encode(element)}</p>`;
         });
         h += '</div>';
 
@@ -89,10 +90,15 @@ async function UIWindowFontPicker (options) {
             on_close: () => {
                 resolve(false);
             },
-            onAppend: function (window) {
-                let active_font = $(window).find('.font-selector-active');
+            onAppend: function (elWindow) {
+                let active_font = $(elWindow).find('.font-selector-active');
                 if ( active_font.length > 0 ) {
-                    window.scrollParentToChild($(window).find('.font-list').get(0), active_font.get(0));
+                    const font_list = $(elWindow).find('.font-list').get(0);
+                    if ( window.scrollParentToChild ) {
+                        window.scrollParentToChild(font_list, active_font.get(0));
+                    } else {
+                        active_font.get(0).scrollIntoView({ block: 'nearest' });
+                    }
                 }
             },
             window_class: 'window-login',
@@ -118,4 +124,4 @@ async function UIWindowFontPicker (options) {
     });
 }
 
-export default UIWindowFontPicker;
\ No newline at end of file
+export default UIWindowFontPicker;
diff --git a/src/puter-js/src/modules/UI.js b/src/puter-js/src/modules/UI.js
index 3f245baa74..4799db4de9 100644
--- a/src/puter-js/src/modules/UI.js
+++ b/src/puter-js/src/modules/UI.js
@@ -854,16 +854,21 @@ class UI extends EventListener {
     };
 
     showFontPicker (options) {
+        const opts = typeof options === 'string' ? { defaultValue: options } : (options ?? {});
+        const defaultFont = opts.defaultValue || opts.defaultFont || opts.default || 'System UI';
+        const normalizedOptions = {
+            ...opts,
+            defaultValue: defaultFont,
+        };
+
         if ( this.messageTarget ) {
             return new Promise((resolve) => {
-                this.#postMessageWithCallback('showFontPicker', resolve, { options: options ?? {} });
+                this.#postMessageWithCallback('showFontPicker', resolve, { options: normalizedOptions });
             });
         }
         // Standalone fallback: render web component
         return new Promise((resolve) => {
-            const opts = typeof options === 'string' ? { defaultFont: options } : (options ?? {});
             const el = document.createElement('puter-font-picker');
-            const defaultFont = opts.defaultFont || opts.default || 'System UI';
             el.setAttribute('default-font', defaultFont);
             el.addEventListener('response', (e) => resolve(e.detail));
             document.body.appendChild(el);
diff --git a/src/puter-js/types/modules/ui.d.ts b/src/puter-js/types/modules/ui.d.ts
index addc981476..277be3ef0e 100644
--- a/src/puter-js/types/modules/ui.d.ts
+++ b/src/puter-js/types/modules/ui.d.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ export interface ColorPickerOptions {
 
 export interface FontPickerOptions {
     defaultFont?: string;
+    defaultValue?: string;
 }
 
 export interface DirectoryPickerOptions {