Default Meta Values not working

Hi there,

Hope you had a great holiday.

I seem to be having a problem with default meta values not doing what they are supposed to do.

OK, so as an example let's say I have this metabox select field for the title of the post or page.

There are two options the user can chose from:

1. display title in the post (default, set with std)
2. display title in page header

Here is the code for that select field:

        array (
          'id' => 'xxxxxx_page_header_title_position',
          'name' => esc_html__('Post/Page Title Position','xxxxxx'),
          'type' => 'select',
          'column' => 'column-1',
          'options' => array (
            'xxxxxx_default_position' => esc_html__('Display Title in Post','xxxxxx'),
            'xxxxxx_page_header_position' => esc_html__('Display Title in Page Header','xxxxxx'),
          ),
          'tooltip' => array(
              'icon' => 'help',
              'content' => esc_html__('Select where you would like to display the title. Default position is in the post/page or you can change the position to display in the Page Header.','xxxxxx'),
              'position' => 'top',
          ),
          'tab' => 'xxxxxx_featured_image_options_tab',
          'std' => array (
             'xxxxxx_default_position',
          ),
        ),

(xxxxxx represents the name of the plugin, I changed it to add to this post)

Now in the theme I have the following:

<?php if ($xx_title_position === 'xxxxxx_default_position'): ?>
    display the title
<?php endif; ?>

For some reason, once the metabox is activated the default option is not being set and the title disappears.

If I hit "update" in the editor, then go back to the post or page, the title will display

Trying to figure out why its not being set, how can I have it set automatically? Is it because it is an if statement?