diff --git a/app/models/note.rb b/app/models/note.rb
index 906de4855ab..d666d5d52c8 100644
--- a/app/models/note.rb
+++ b/app/models/note.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ require 'file_size_validator'
 class Note < ActiveRecord::Base
   include Mentionable
 
+  default_value_for :system, false
+
   attr_accessible :note, :noteable, :noteable_id, :noteable_type, :project_id,
                   :attachment, :line_code, :commit_id
   attr_mentionable :note
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 386ab542a68..09642ffa22f 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   extend Enumerize
 
   default_value_for :archived, false
+  default_value_for :issues_enabled, true
+  default_value_for :wall_enabled, false
+  default_value_for :merge_requests_enabled, true
+  default_value_for :wiki_enabled, true
+  default_value_for :snippets_enabled, false
+  default_value_for :imported, false
 
   ActsAsTaggableOn.strict_case_match = true
 
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 58d90f03b34..c25dcb074a1 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ require 'carrierwave/orm/activerecord'
 require 'file_size_validator'
 
 class User < ActiveRecord::Base
+  default_value_for :admin, false
+  default_value_for :can_create_group, true
+  default_value_for :can_create_team, false
+  default_value_for :hide_no_ssh_key, false
+
   devise :database_authenticatable, :token_authenticatable, :lockable, :async,
          :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable, :omniauthable, :confirmable, :registerable