-<option value="<%$session{'CurrentUser'}->id%>" selected="selected"><&|/l&>Me</&></option>
-<option value="<%RT->Nobody->id%>"><%loc('Nobody')%></option>
+% my $default_owner = $args->{Owner} || $session{'CurrentUser'}->id;
+<option value="<%$session{'CurrentUser'}->id%>" <% $default_owner == $session{'CurrentUser'}->id ? 'selected="selected"' : '' |n %>><&|/l&>Me</&></option>
+<option value="<%RT->Nobody->id%>" <% $default_owner == RT->Nobody->id ? 'selected="selected"' : '' |n %>><%loc('Nobody')%></option>