diff --git a/react-components/package.json b/react-components/package.json
index 9d330f1bdbd..ee5c8d61ca9 100644
--- a/react-components/package.json
+++ b/react-components/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@cognite/reveal-react-components",
-  "version": "0.55.0",
+  "version": "0.55.1",
   "exports": {
     ".": {
       "import": "./dist/index.js",
diff --git a/react-components/src/hooks/useSceneDefaultCamera.tsx b/react-components/src/hooks/useSceneDefaultCamera.tsx
index 3c696e00e2e..22b8fa735e9 100644
--- a/react-components/src/hooks/useSceneDefaultCamera.tsx
+++ b/react-components/src/hooks/useSceneDefaultCamera.tsx
@@ -44,7 +44,25 @@ export const useSceneDefaultCamera = (
 
     return {
       fitCameraToSceneDefault: () => {
-        viewer.cameraManager.setCameraState({ position, target });
+        const initialCameraState = viewer.cameraManager.getCameraState();
+
+        // Preserve pivot point if user has already set a pivot point
+        // If not, set the pivot point near the center of the scene
+        // When moving Scene to system space, we will extend the data
+        // model to store pos, rot and pivot
+        if (
+          initialCameraState.target.x === 0 &&
+          initialCameraState.target.y === 0 &&
+          initialCameraState.target.z === 0
+        ) {
+          viewer.cameraManager.setCameraState({ position, target });
+        } else {
+          const direction = new Vector3().subVectors(position, target).normalize();
+          const rotation = new Euler().setFromVector3(direction);
+          const quaternion = new Quaternion().setFromEuler(rotation);
+
+          viewer.cameraManager.setCameraState({ position, rotation: quaternion });
+        }
       },
       isFetched: true
     };
diff --git a/react-components/stories/SceneContainer.stories.tsx b/react-components/stories/SceneContainer.stories.tsx
index f5bd38d63f1..7940179ffb9 100644
--- a/react-components/stories/SceneContainer.stories.tsx
+++ b/react-components/stories/SceneContainer.stories.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import {
   useSceneDefaultCamera,
   withSuppressRevealEvents
 } from '../src';
-import { type DefaultCameraManager } from '@cognite/reveal';
 import { ToolBar } from '@cognite/cogs.js';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
 
@@ -79,11 +78,6 @@ const SceneContainerStoryContent = ({
   const { fitCameraToSceneDefault } = useSceneDefaultCamera(sceneExternalId, sceneSpaceId);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    (reveal.cameraManager as DefaultCameraManager).setCameraControlsOptions({
-      changeCameraTargetOnClick: true,
-      mouseWheelAction: 'zoomToCursor'
-    });
-
     fitCameraToSceneDefault();
   }, [reveal, fitCameraToSceneDefault]);
   return (