diff --git a/forms/HeaderField.php b/forms/HeaderField.php
index 7339d31a4..7935a057b 100755
--- a/forms/HeaderField.php
+++ b/forms/HeaderField.php
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ class HeaderField extends DatalessField {
 		if(!isset($args[1]) || is_numeric($args[1])) {
 			$title = (isset($args[0])) ? $args[0] : null;
 			$name = $title; // this means i18nized fields won't be easily accessible through fieldByName()
-			$headingLevel = (isset($args[1])) ? $args[1] : 2;
+			$headingLevel = (isset($args[1])) ? $args[1] : null;
 			$allowHTML = (isset($args[2])) ? $args[2] : null;
 			$form = (isset($args[3])) ? $args[3] : null;
 		} 
 		
-		$this->headingLevel = $headingLevel;
+		if($headingLevel) $this->headingLevel = $headingLevel;
 		$this->allowHTML = $allowHTML;
 		
 		parent::__construct($name, $title, null, $form);