Hi Boutilier,
Thanks for getting in touch. There is a setting for the default view under Events –> Settings –> Display. But it sounds like you’ve found that and set it to month, and you are still getting list view as the default/initial view- is that correct? If so, please try setting and saving the default view as month again, then go to Settings –> Permalinks and reset your permalinks. The Events Calendar works best with pretty permalinks, so make sure you’re not using Default Permalinks. Then go back and save the Display setting again. Resetting permalinks often resolves issues like this. If it doesn’t, let me know and we’ll dig into this further.
Thank you,
Leah