diff --git a/docs/changelog/6.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/6.x.x.txt
index 54963f48e..e5fea5b13 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/6.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/6.x.x.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  - Bugfixes on dashboard to fix template errors.
  - Bug fixes to make WebGUI work with the WRE demo system.
  - Fixed a typo in the activities in the config file.
+ - fixed a bug that caused threadId's to be empty in new posts
 
 6.99.0
  - Added a workflow system.
diff --git a/etc/WebGUI.conf.original b/etc/WebGUI.conf.original
index 69f986948..55697e195 100644
--- a/etc/WebGUI.conf.original
+++ b/etc/WebGUI.conf.original
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
 		"WebGUI::VersionTag" : ["WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::CommitVersionTag", "WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::RollbackVersionTag", 
 			"WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::TrashVersionTag", "WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::CreateCronJob",
 			"WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::UnlockVersionTag", "WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::NotifyAboutVersionTag",
-                        "WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::RequestApprovalForVersionTag", "WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::ExportVersionTagAsHtml"]
+                        "WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::RequestApprovalForVersionTag", "WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::ExportVersionTagToHtml"]
 		},
 
 # Enter the graphing plugins that you want to enable for your site.
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm
index 2764d8135..0da0caede 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm
@@ -1533,7 +1533,9 @@ sub processPropertiesFromFormPost {
 	foreach my $definition (@{$self->definition($self->session)}) {
 		foreach my $property (keys %{$definition->{properties}}) {
 			if ($definition->{properties}{$property}{noFormPost}) {
-				$data{$property} = $definition->{properties}{$property}{defaultValue} if $self->session->form->process("assetId") eq "new";
+				if ($self->session->form->process("assetId") eq "new" && $self->get($property) eq "") {
+					$data{$property} = $definition->{properties}{$property}{defaultValue};
+				}
 				next;
 			}
 			my %params = %{$definition->{properties}{$property}};
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Post.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Post.pm
index d25d67efe..9f95456c7 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Post.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Post.pm
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ sub addRevision {
 	my $now = time();
 	if ($threadId eq "") { # new post
 		if ($newSelf->getParent->get("className") eq "WebGUI::Asset::Wobject::Collaboration") {
-			$newSelf->update({threadId=>$newSelf->getId}, dateSubmitted=>$now);
+			$newSelf->update({threadId=>$newSelf->getId, dateSubmitted=>$now});
 		} else {
 			$newSelf->update({threadId=>$newSelf->getParent->get("threadId"), dateSubmitted=>$now});
 		}