diff --git a/packages/fx-core/src/plugins/resource/frontend/ops/provision.ts b/packages/fx-core/src/plugins/resource/frontend/ops/provision.ts
index edabf3086c..c46c7256db 100644
--- a/packages/fx-core/src/plugins/resource/frontend/ops/provision.ts
+++ b/packages/fx-core/src/plugins/resource/frontend/ops/provision.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class FrontendProvision {
     }
 
     public static setTabScope(ctx: PluginContext, variables: ManifestVariables): void {
-        const tabScope = ctx.answers?.getString(QuestionKey.TabScope);
+        const tabScope = ctx.config.getString(QuestionKey.TabScope);
         // Always overwrite these configs to support both local debug and remote debug
         ctx.config.set(FrontendConfigInfo.ConfigurableTab, TabScopeManifest.getConfigurableTab(variables, tabScope));
         ctx.config.set(FrontendConfigInfo.StaticTab, TabScopeManifest.getStaticTab(variables, tabScope));
diff --git a/packages/fx-core/src/plugins/resource/frontend/plugin.ts b/packages/fx-core/src/plugins/resource/frontend/plugin.ts
index d185e61f2f..6821a8ce05 100644
--- a/packages/fx-core/src/plugins/resource/frontend/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/fx-core/src/plugins/resource/frontend/plugin.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import { Messages } from "./resources/messages";
 import { FrontendScaffold as Scaffold, TemplateInfo } from "./ops/scaffold";
 import { TeamsFxResult } from "./error-factory";
 import { PreDeploySteps, ProgressHelper, ProvisionSteps, ScaffoldSteps } from "./utils/progress-helper";
-import { tabScopeQuestion } from "./resources/questions";
+import { QuestionKey, TabScope, tabScopeQuestion } from "./resources/questions";
 import { ManifestVariables } from "./resources/tabScope";
 
 export class FrontendPluginImpl {
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ export class FrontendPluginImpl {
             templateInfo.scenario = FrontendPluginInfo.TemplateWithFunctionScenario;
         }
 
+        const tabScope = ctx.answers?.getString(QuestionKey.TabScope) ?? TabScope.PersonalTab;
+        this.setConfigIfNotExists(ctx, QuestionKey.TabScope, tabScope);
+
         const zip = await runWithErrorCatchAndThrow(
             new GetTemplateError(),
             async () => await Scaffold.getTemplateZip(ctx, templateInfo),