diff --git a/src/components/InteractiveDendrogram.vue b/src/components/InteractiveDendrogram.vue
index 9d72d57f505ea4cf8dad82e5afe384af9cc23e0c..ebfb35b2ef2d4a29936a1ea4682c112225eebd5b 100644
--- a/src/components/InteractiveDendrogram.vue
+++ b/src/components/InteractiveDendrogram.vue
@@ -324,7 +324,8 @@ function createDendrogram(result) {
   root.descendants().forEach((d, i) => {
     d.id = i;
     d._children = d.children;
-    if (d.depth !== 0) {
+    // modify here to adjust which level nodes are open
+    if (d.depth === 2) {
       d.children = null;
     }
   });