diff --git a/app/views/org_admin/templates/_edit.html.erb b/app/views/org_admin/templates/_edit.html.erb
index f1efae8..befa1c5 100644
--- a/app/views/org_admin/templates/_edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/org_admin/templates/_edit.html.erb
@@ -33,13 +33,14 @@
     <div class="panel-group" id="phases_accordion" role="tablist">
       <!-- If template has phases-->
       <% if template_hash[:template][:phases].present? %>
+        <% i = 0 %>
         <% template_hash[:template][:phases].each do |phase_no, phase_hash| %>
           <% phase = phase_hash[:data] %>
             <div class="panel panel-default">
               <div class="heading-button" role="button" data-toggle="collapse"
                    data-parent="phases_accordion" 
                    href="#collapsePhase<%= phase.id %>"
-                   aria-expanded="false" 
+                   aria-expanded="<%= i == 0 ? 'true' : 'false' %>" 
                    aria-controls="#collapsePhase<%= phase.id %>">
                    
                 <div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="<%= "headingPhase#{phase.id}" %>">
@@ -52,12 +53,13 @@
                   <div class="clearfix"></div>
                 </div>
               </div>
-              <div id="<%= "collapsePhase#{phase.id}" %>" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="<%= "headingPhase#{phase.id}" %>">
+              <div id="<%= "collapsePhase#{phase.id}" %>" class="panel-collapse collapse<%= i == 0 ? 'in' : '' %>" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="<%= "headingPhase#{phase.id}" %>"<%= i == 0 ? 'aria-expanded="true"' : '' %>>
                 <div class="panel-body">
                   <%= render partial: 'org_admin/templates/show_phases_sections', locals: { phase: phase, phase_hash: phase_hash, template: template, current: current } %>
                 </div>
               </div>
             </div>
+            <% i += 1 %>
         <% end %>
       <% end %>
     </div>