diff --git a/src/components/UpdateProfile/UpdatePublicProfileForm.tsx b/src/components/UpdateProfile/UpdatePublicProfileForm.tsx
index 18231dfe7..3563c9240 100644
--- a/src/components/UpdateProfile/UpdatePublicProfileForm.tsx
+++ b/src/components/UpdateProfile/UpdatePublicProfileForm.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type GetProfileSettingsResponse = Pick<
 
 export function UpdatePublicProfileForm() {
   const [profileVisibility, setProfileVisibility] =
-    useState<AllowedProfileVisibility>('private');
+    useState<AllowedProfileVisibility>('public');
 
   const toast = useToast();
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export function UpdatePublicProfileForm() {
     setTwitter(links?.twitter || '');
     setLinkedin(links?.linkedin || '');
     setWebsite(links?.website || '');
-    setProfileVisibility(defaultProfileVisibility || 'private');
+    setProfileVisibility(defaultProfileVisibility || 'public');
     setHeadline(publicConfig?.headline || '');
     setRoadmapVisibility(publicConfig?.roadmapVisibility || 'none');
     setCustomRoadmapVisibility(publicConfig?.customRoadmapVisibility || 'none');
diff --git a/src/pages/v1-stats.json.ts b/src/pages/v1-stats.json.ts
index 4a84aeba8..4986d75a4 100644
--- a/src/pages/v1-stats.json.ts
+++ b/src/pages/v1-stats.json.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 
-export const prerender = false;
+export const prerender = true;
 
 export async function GET() {
   const commitHash = execSync('git rev-parse HEAD').toString().trim();