diff --git a/tests/BlogEntryTest.php b/tests/BlogEntryTest.php
index 99afadf..fe4e2b5 100644
--- a/tests/BlogEntryTest.php
+++ b/tests/BlogEntryTest.php
@@ -6,6 +6,29 @@
  */
 class BlogEntryTest extends SapphireTest {
 	static $fixture_file = 'blog/tests/BlogTest.yml';
+    
+	/**
+	* Tests that the blog entry populate defaults works
+	*/
+	public function testPopulateDefaults() {
+		$member = $this->objFromFixture("Member", "blogOwner1");
+		$member->logIn();
+
+		// Create manually, as from fixture seems to create entries
+		// multiple times
+		$entry = BlogEntry::create();
+		$entry->Title = "Test post";
+		$entry->URLSegment = "test-post";
+		$entry->Tags = "tag1,tag2";
+
+		// We cant test by the second, as that will most likely fail
+		$now = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('now'));
+
+		$this->assertContains($now, $entry->Date);
+		$this->assertEquals($member->getName(), $entry->Author);
+
+		$member->logOut();
+	}
 	
 	/**
 	 * Tests BBCode functionality