Sound Effects are playing from my Mac speakers when I have my AirPods connected

So, someone else already asked this question, but it never got answered so imma ask it again:

Ever since I updated to macOS Big Sur, sound effects have played through my Mac's speakers rather than my AirPods when my AirPods are connected. I will note that media, such as videos and music, are unaffected by this problem and continue to play through my AirPods while they are connected. I am also aware that you can change what sound effects play from, and when I do this, and set the sound effects to play from my AirPods, the problem is solved! However, the setting resets every time I disconnect my AirPods and reconnect them, and, therefore, I have to manually switch it again. It didn't do this while I had macOS Catalina that I remember, and there's no way that I can tell for you to set a default speaker for this. Any help is appreciated.