diff --git a/content/publish/form.json b/content/publish/form.json
index 7e2c85c89..6556d6473 100644
--- a/content/publish/form.json
+++ b/content/publish/form.json
@@ -141,15 +141,6 @@
         "options": ["Forever", "1 day", "1 week", "1 month", "1 year"],
         "sortOptions": false,
         "required": true
-      },
-      {
-        "name": "computeOptions",
-        "label": "Compute Environment",
-        "type": "radio",
-        "options": [
-          "populated from computeEnvironmentDefaults in Publish/_constants & computeEnvironmentOptions in Publish/Services/"
-        ],
-        "required": true
       }
     ]
   },
diff --git a/src/components/Publish/Metadata/index.tsx b/src/components/Publish/Metadata/index.tsx
index 46fd34f0b..3fd8e2c37 100644
--- a/src/components/Publish/Metadata/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Publish/Metadata/index.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { BoxSelectionOption } from '@shared/FormFields/BoxSelection'
 import Input from '@shared/FormInput'
 import { Field, useFormikContext } from 'formik'
-import React, { ReactElement } from 'react'
+import React, { ReactElement, useEffect } from 'react'
 import content from '../../../../content/publish/form.json'
 import { FormPublishData } from '../_types'
 import { getFieldContent } from '../_utils'
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const assetTypeOptionsTitles = getFieldContent(
 
 export default function MetadataFields(): ReactElement {
   // connect with Form state, use for conditional field rendering
-  const { values } = useFormikContext<FormPublishData>()
+  const { values, setFieldValue } = useFormikContext<FormPublishData>()
 
   // BoxSelection component is not a Formik component
   // so we need to handle checked state manually.
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ export default function MetadataFields(): ReactElement {
       checked: values.metadata.dockerImage === `${preset.image}:${preset.tag}`
     }))
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setFieldValue(
+      'services[0].access',
+      values.metadata.type === 'algorithm' ? 'compute' : 'access'
+    )
+    setFieldValue(
+      'services[0].algorithmPrivacy',
+      values.metadata.type === 'algorithm'
+    )
+  }, [values.metadata.type])
+
   dockerImageOptions.push({ name: 'custom', title: 'Custom', checked: false })
 
   return (
diff --git a/src/components/Publish/Services/index.tsx b/src/components/Publish/Services/index.tsx
index a85ea7671..2262eaa31 100644
--- a/src/components/Publish/Services/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Publish/Services/index.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ export default function ServicesFields(): ReactElement {
   // Auto-change access type based on algo privacy boolean.
   // Could be also done later in transformPublishFormToDdo().
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!values.services[0].algorithmPrivacy) return
+    if (
+      values.services[0].algorithmPrivacy === null ||
+      values.services[0].algorithmPrivacy === undefined
+    )
+      return
 
     setFieldValue(
       'services[0].access',
diff --git a/src/components/Publish/_constants.tsx b/src/components/Publish/_constants.tsx
index c231eed3b..42b1ecb14 100644
--- a/src/components/Publish/_constants.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Publish/_constants.tsx
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export const initialValues: FormPublishData = {
       links: [{ url: '' }],
       dataTokenOptions: { name: '', symbol: '' },
       timeout: '',
-      access: '',
+      access: 'access',
       providerUrl: {
         url: 'https://provider.mainnet.oceanprotocol.com',
         valid: true