diff --git a/arches/app/media/js/viewmodels/file-widget.js b/arches/app/media/js/viewmodels/file-widget.js
index 3c197c75009..71e3dc9ea24 100644
--- a/arches/app/media/js/viewmodels/file-widget.js
+++ b/arches/app/media/js/viewmodels/file-widget.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ define([
     'bindings/dropzone'
 ], function($, ko, _, arches, Dropzone, uuid, WidgetViewModel) {
     /**
-     * A viewmodel used for domain widgets
+     * A viewmodel used for file widgets
      *
      * @constructor
      * @name FileWidgetViewModel
diff --git a/arches/app/models/migrations/10150_add_default_value_file_list.py b/arches/app/models/migrations/10150_add_default_value_file_list.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..390d107fc14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arches/app/models/migrations/10150_add_default_value_file_list.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.4 on 2023-10-23 13:50
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+from arches.app.models.graph import Graph
+
+
+def using_custom_file_widgets(apps, schema_editor):
+    CardXNodeXWidget = apps.get_model("models", "CardXNodeXWidget")
+    return (
+        CardXNodeXWidget.objects.filter(widget_id="10000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000019").values_list("node__graph", flat=True).distinct()
+    )
+
+
+def publish_graph(apps, schema_editor):
+    for graph in Graph.objects.filter(pk__in=using_custom_file_widgets(apps, schema_editor)):
+        graph.publish(user=None)
+
+
+def unpublish_graph(apps, schema_editor):
+    for graph in Graph.objects.filter(pk__in=using_custom_file_widgets(apps, schema_editor)):
+        graph.unpublish()
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("models", "10149_add_workflow_name_to_workflow_history"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        # Changes to cards_x_nodes_x_widgets have no effect without republishing graph.
+        migrations.RunPython(unpublish_graph, publish_graph),
+        migrations.RunSQL(
+            sql="""
+            UPDATE widgets
+            SET defaultconfig = jsonb_set(defaultconfig, '{defaultValue}', '[]')
+            WHERE name = 'file-widget';
+            UPDATE cards_x_nodes_x_widgets
+            SET config = jsonb_set(config, '{defaultValue}', '[]')
+            WHERE widgetid = '10000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000019';
+            """,
+            reverse_sql="""
+            UPDATE widgets
+            SET defaultconfig = defaultconfig - 'defaultValue'
+            WHERE name = 'file-widget';
+            UPDATE cards_x_nodes_x_widgets
+            SET config = config - 'defaultValue'
+            WHERE widgetid = '10000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000019';
+            """,
+        ),
+        migrations.RunPython(publish_graph, unpublish_graph),
+    ]