diff --git a/wppost/wppost.php b/wppost/wppost.php
index 1cc27976..d481d68f 100644
--- a/wppost/wppost.php
+++ b/wppost/wppost.php
@@ -148,19 +148,17 @@ function wppost_settings(&$a,&$s) {
 function wppost_settings_post(&$a,&$b) {
 
 	if(!empty($_POST['wppost-submit'])) {
-
 		PConfig::set(local_user(),'wppost','post',intval($_POST['wppost']));
-		PConfig::set(local_user(),'wppost','post_by_default',intval($_POST['wp_bydefault']));
+		PConfig::set(local_user(),'wppost','post_by_default',intval(defaults($_POST, 'wp_bydefault', false)));
 		PConfig::set(local_user(),'wppost','wp_username',trim($_POST['wp_username']));
 		PConfig::set(local_user(),'wppost','wp_password',trim($_POST['wp_password']));
 		PConfig::set(local_user(),'wppost','wp_blog',trim($_POST['wp_blog']));
-		PConfig::set(local_user(),'wppost','backlink',trim($_POST['wp_backlink']));
+		PConfig::set(local_user(),'wppost','backlink',trim(defaults($_POST, 'wp_backlink', '')));
 		PConfig::set(local_user(),'wppost','shortcheck',trim($_POST['wp_shortcheck']));
 		$wp_backlink_text = Strings::escapeTags(trim($_POST['wp_backlink_text']));
 		$wp_backlink_text = BBCode::convert($wp_backlink_text, false, 8);
 		$wp_backlink_text = HTML::toPlaintext($wp_backlink_text, 0, true);
 		PConfig::set(local_user(),'wppost','wp_backlink_text', $wp_backlink_text);
-
 	}
 
 }