diff --git a/database/database.mysql b/database/database.mysql
index eca633468e39d451712a1148bd6ed363f29c6f2b..334561860b9f012f58673ab4d23cbbb5e6fdf62b 100644
--- a/database/database.mysql
+++ b/database/database.mysql
@@ -822,3 +822,5 @@ INSERT INTO variable (name,value) VALUES ('filter_html_1','i:1;');
 INSERT INTO locales_meta (locale, name, enabled, isdefault) VALUES ('en', 'English', '1', '1');
 
 INSERT INTO url_alias (src, dst) VALUES ('node/feed', 'rss.xml');
+
+INSERT INTO variable (name, value) VALUES ('node_options_forum', 'a:1:{i:0;s:6:"status";}');
diff --git a/database/database.pgsql b/database/database.pgsql
index 0fbdc66863ac1247e7a3d8cb53b5eabab6dfb13b..8485c6623d2f31d6fddf884ad8231a96d05abe19 100644
--- a/database/database.pgsql
+++ b/database/database.pgsql
@@ -817,6 +817,8 @@ INSERT INTO locales_meta (locale, name, enabled, isdefault) VALUES ('en', 'Engli
 
 INSERT INTO url_alias (src, dst) VALUES ('node/feed', 'rss.xml');
 
+INSERT INTO variable (name, value) VALUES ('node_options_forum', 'a:1:{i:0;s:6:"status";}');
+
 ---
 --- Alter some sequences
 ---
diff --git a/modules/blogapi.module b/modules/blogapi.module
index 3c6172837c3f3f370f79e63178879dbe05159a57..a6c73a0d793e7a05fb1b2ecdb5b11275112c2d22 100644
--- a/modules/blogapi.module
+++ b/modules/blogapi.module
@@ -118,13 +118,13 @@ function blogapi_new_post($req_params) {
   $edit = array();
   $edit['type'] = _blogapi_blogid($params[0]);
   // get the node type defaults
-  $node_type_default = variable_get('node_options_'. $edit['type'], array());
+  $node_type_default = variable_get('node_options_'. $edit['type'], array('status', 'promote'));
   $edit['uid'] = $user->uid;
   $edit['name'] = $user->name;
-  $edit['promote'] = $node_type_default['promote'];
+  $edit['promote'] = in_array('promote', $node_type_default);
   $edit['comment'] = variable_get('comment_'. $edit['type'], 2);
-  $edit['moderate'] = $node_type_default['moderate'];
-  $edit['revision'] = $node_type_default['revision'];
+  $edit['moderate'] = in_array('moderate', $node_type_default);
+  $edit['revision'] = in_array('revision', $node_type_default);
   $edit['format'] = FILTER_FORMAT_DEFAULT;
   $edit['status'] = $params[4];
 
diff --git a/modules/blogapi/blogapi.module b/modules/blogapi/blogapi.module
index 3c6172837c3f3f370f79e63178879dbe05159a57..a6c73a0d793e7a05fb1b2ecdb5b11275112c2d22 100644
--- a/modules/blogapi/blogapi.module
+++ b/modules/blogapi/blogapi.module
@@ -118,13 +118,13 @@ function blogapi_new_post($req_params) {
   $edit = array();
   $edit['type'] = _blogapi_blogid($params[0]);
   // get the node type defaults
-  $node_type_default = variable_get('node_options_'. $edit['type'], array());
+  $node_type_default = variable_get('node_options_'. $edit['type'], array('status', 'promote'));
   $edit['uid'] = $user->uid;
   $edit['name'] = $user->name;
-  $edit['promote'] = $node_type_default['promote'];
+  $edit['promote'] = in_array('promote', $node_type_default);
   $edit['comment'] = variable_get('comment_'. $edit['type'], 2);
-  $edit['moderate'] = $node_type_default['moderate'];
-  $edit['revision'] = $node_type_default['revision'];
+  $edit['moderate'] = in_array('moderate', $node_type_default);
+  $edit['revision'] = in_array('revision', $node_type_default);
   $edit['format'] = FILTER_FORMAT_DEFAULT;
   $edit['status'] = $params[4];