diff --git a/app/views/compound_metric_configurations/_metric_options.html.erb b/app/views/compound_metric_configurations/_metric_options.html.erb
index 4782f58..21b2910 100644
--- a/app/views/compound_metric_configurations/_metric_options.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/compound_metric_configurations/_metric_options.html.erb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     <div class="form-row">
       <div class="field-container">
         <%= f.label :code, compound_metric_human_attribute_name('code'), class: 'control-label' %>
-        <%= f.text_field :code, :required => true, class: 'text-field form-control' %>
+        <%= f.text_field :code, :required => true, class: 'text-field form-control', value: (metric.code unless metric.nil?) %>
       </div>
       <div class="help-container">
         <p>
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