diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/js/settings.js b/apps/user_ldap/js/settings.js
index 8cd31301f2..0b8f141dfa 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/js/settings.js
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/js/settings.js
@@ -34,8 +34,16 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 							'Keep settings?',
 							function(keep) {
 								if(!keep) {
-									$('#ldap').find('input[type=text], input[type=password], textarea, select').val('');
-									$('#ldap').find('input[type=checkbox]').removeAttr('checked');
+									$('#ldap').find('input[type=text], input[type=number], input[type=password], textarea, select').each(function() {
+										$(this).val($(this).attr('data-default'));
+									});
+									$('#ldap').find('input[type=checkbox]').each(function() {
+										if($(this).attr('data-default') == 1) {
+											$(this).attr('checked', 'checked');
+										} else {
+											$(this).removeAttr('checked');
+										}
+									});
 								}
 							}
 						);
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/settings.php b/apps/user_ldap/settings.php
index 73e4f0b6f4..f3f0826739 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/settings.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/settings.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ if($_POST) {
 		}
 	}
 	if($clearCache) {
-		$ldap = new \OCA\user_ldap\lib\Connection('user_ldap');
+		$ldap = new \OCA\user_ldap\lib\Connection();
 		$ldap->clearCache();
 	}
 }
@@ -88,4 +88,15 @@ $hfnr = ($hfnr == 'opt:username') ? '' : substr($hfnr, strlen('attr:'));
 $tmpl->assign('home_folder_naming_rule', $hfnr, '');
 $tmpl->assign('serverConfigurationOptions', '', false);
 
+// assign default values
+if(!isset($ldap)) {
+	$ldap = new \OCA\user_ldap\lib\Connection();
+}
+$defaults = $ldap->getDefaults();
+foreach($defaults as $key => $default) {
+    $tmpl->assign($key.'_default', $default);
+}
+
+// $tmpl->assign();
+
 return $tmpl->fetchPage();
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/templates/settings.php b/apps/user_ldap/templates/settings.php
index c3ec20fc84..90a46a1733 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/templates/settings.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/templates/settings.php
@@ -17,32 +17,32 @@
 		<?php echo $_['serverConfigurationOptions']; ?>
 		<option value="NEW"><?php echo $l->t('Add Server Configuration');?></option>
 		</select></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_host"><?php echo $l->t('Host');?></label><input type="text" id="ldap_host" name="ldap_host" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_host']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('You can omit the protocol, except you require SSL. Then start with ldaps://');?>"></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_base"><?php echo $l->t('Base DN');?></label><textarea id="ldap_base" name="ldap_base" placeholder="<?php echo $l->t('One Base DN per line');?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('You can specify Base DN for users and groups in the Advanced tab');?>"><?php echo $_['ldap_base']; ?></textarea></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_dn"><?php echo $l->t('User DN');?></label><input type="text" id="ldap_dn" name="ldap_dn" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_dn']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('The DN of the client user with which the bind shall be done, e.g. uid=agent,dc=example,dc=com. For anonymous access, leave DN and Password empty.');?>" /></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_agent_password"><?php echo $l->t('Password');?></label><input type="password" id="ldap_agent_password" name="ldap_agent_password" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_agent_password']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('For anonymous access, leave DN and Password empty.');?>" /></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_login_filter"><?php echo $l->t('User Login Filter');?></label><input type="text" id="ldap_login_filter" name="ldap_login_filter" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_login_filter']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('Defines the filter to apply, when login is attempted. %%uid replaces the username in the login action.');?>" /><br /><small><?php echo $l->t('use %%uid placeholder, e.g. "uid=%%uid"');?></small></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_userlist_filter"><?php echo $l->t('User List Filter');?></label><input type="text" id="ldap_userlist_filter" name="ldap_userlist_filter" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_userlist_filter']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('Defines the filter to apply, when retrieving users.');?>" /><br /><small><?php echo $l->t('without any placeholder, e.g. "objectClass=person".');?></small></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_group_filter"><?php echo $l->t('Group Filter');?></label><input type="text" id="ldap_group_filter" name="ldap_group_filter" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_group_filter']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('Defines the filter to apply, when retrieving groups.');?>" /><br /><small><?php echo $l->t('without any placeholder, e.g. "objectClass=posixGroup".');?></small></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_host"><?php echo $l->t('Host');?></label><input type="text" id="ldap_host" name="ldap_host" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_host']; ?>" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_host_default']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('You can omit the protocol, except you require SSL. Then start with ldaps://');?>"></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_base"><?php echo $l->t('Base DN');?></label><textarea id="ldap_base" name="ldap_base" placeholder="<?php echo $l->t('One Base DN per line');?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('You can specify Base DN for users and groups in the Advanced tab');?>" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_base_default']; ?>" ><?php echo $_['ldap_base']; ?></textarea></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_dn"><?php echo $l->t('User DN');?></label><input type="text" id="ldap_dn" name="ldap_dn" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_dn']; ?>" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_dn_default']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('The DN of the client user with which the bind shall be done, e.g. uid=agent,dc=example,dc=com. For anonymous access, leave DN and Password empty.');?>" /></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_agent_password"><?php echo $l->t('Password');?></label><input type="password" id="ldap_agent_password" name="ldap_agent_password" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_agent_password']; ?>" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_agent_password_default']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('For anonymous access, leave DN and Password empty.');?>" /></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_login_filter"><?php echo $l->t('User Login Filter');?></label><input type="text" id="ldap_login_filter" name="ldap_login_filter" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_login_filter']; ?>" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_login_filter_default']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('Defines the filter to apply, when login is attempted. %%uid replaces the username in the login action.');?>" /><br /><small><?php echo $l->t('use %%uid placeholder, e.g. "uid=%%uid"');?></small></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_userlist_filter"><?php echo $l->t('User List Filter');?></label><input type="text" id="ldap_userlist_filter" name="ldap_userlist_filter" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_userlist_filter']; ?>" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_userlist_filter_default']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('Defines the filter to apply, when retrieving users.');?>" /><br /><small><?php echo $l->t('without any placeholder, e.g. "objectClass=person".');?></small></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_group_filter"><?php echo $l->t('Group Filter');?></label><input type="text" id="ldap_group_filter" name="ldap_group_filter" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_group_filter']; ?>" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_group_filter_default']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('Defines the filter to apply, when retrieving groups.');?>" /><br /><small><?php echo $l->t('without any placeholder, e.g. "objectClass=posixGroup".');?></small></p>
 	</fieldset>
 	<fieldset id="ldapSettings-2">
-		<p><label for="ldap_port"><?php echo $l->t('Port');?></label><input type="text" id="ldap_port" name="ldap_port" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_port']; ?>" /></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_backup_host"><?php echo $l->t('Backup (Replica) Host');?></label><input type="text" id="ldap_backup_host" name="ldap_backup_host" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_backup_host']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('Give an optional backup host. It must be a replica of the main LDAP/AD server.');?>"></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_backup_port"><?php echo $l->t('Backup (Replica) Port');?></label><input type="text" id="ldap_backup_port" name="ldap_backup_port" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_backup_port']; ?>" /></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_override_main_server"><?php echo $l->t('Disable Main Server');?></label><input type="checkbox" id="ldap_override_main_server" name="ldap_override_main_server" value="1"<?php if ($_['ldap_override_main_server']) echo ' checked'; ?> title="<?php echo $l->t('When switched on, ownCloud will only connect to the replica server.');?>" /></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_base_users"><?php echo $l->t('Base User Tree');?></label><textarea id="ldap_base_users" name="ldap_base_users" placeholder="<?php echo $l->t('One User Base DN per line');?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('Base User Tree');?>"><?php echo $_['ldap_base_users']; ?></textarea></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_base_groups"><?php echo $l->t('Base Group Tree');?></label><textarea id="ldap_base_groups" name="ldap_base_groups" placeholder="<?php echo $l->t('One Group Base DN per line');?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('Base Group Tree');?>"><?php echo $_['ldap_base_groups']; ?></textarea></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute"><?php echo $l->t('Group-Member association');?></label><select id="ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute" name="ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute"><option value="uniqueMember"<?php if (isset($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute']) && ($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute'] == 'uniqueMember')) echo ' selected'; ?>>uniqueMember</option><option value="memberUid"<?php if (isset($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute']) && ($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute'] == 'memberUid')) echo ' selected'; ?>>memberUid</option><option value="member"<?php if (isset($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute']) && ($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute'] == 'member')) echo ' selected'; ?>>member (AD)</option></select></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_tls"><?php echo $l->t('Use TLS');?></label><input type="checkbox" id="ldap_tls" name="ldap_tls" value="1"<?php if ($_['ldap_tls']) echo ' checked'; ?> title="<?php echo $l->t('Do not use it for SSL connections, it will fail.');?>" /></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_nocase"><?php echo $l->t('Case insensitve LDAP server (Windows)');?></label> <input type="checkbox" id="ldap_nocase" name="ldap_nocase" value="1"<?php if (isset($_['ldap_nocase']) && ($_['ldap_nocase'])) echo ' checked'; ?>></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_turn_off_cert_check"><?php echo $l->t('Turn off SSL certificate validation.');?></label><input type="checkbox" id="ldap_turn_off_cert_check" name="ldap_turn_off_cert_check" title="<?php echo $l->t('If connection only works with this option, import the LDAP server\'s SSL certificate in your ownCloud server.');?>" value="1"<?php if ($_['ldap_turn_off_cert_check']) echo ' checked'; ?>><br/><small><?php echo $l->t('Not recommended, use for testing only.');?></small></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_display_name"><?php echo $l->t('User Display Name Field');?></label><input type="text" id="ldap_display_name" name="ldap_display_name" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_display_name']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('The LDAP attribute to use to generate the user`s ownCloud name.');?>" /></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_group_display_name"><?php echo $l->t('Group Display Name Field');?></label><input type="text" id="ldap_group_display_name" name="ldap_group_display_name" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_group_display_name']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('The LDAP attribute to use to generate the groups`s ownCloud name.');?>" /></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_quota_attr">Quota Field</label><input type="text" id="ldap_quota_attr" name="ldap_quota_attr" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_quota_attr']; ?>" /></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_quota_def">Quota Default</label><input type="text" id="ldap_quota_def" name="ldap_quota_def" value="<?php if (isset($_['ldap_quota_def'])) echo $_['ldap_quota_def']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('in bytes');?>" /></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_email_attr">Email Field</label><input type="text" id="ldap_email_attr" name="ldap_email_attr" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_email_attr']; ?>" /></p>
-		<p><label for="ldap_cache_ttl">Cache Time-To-Live</label><input type="text" id="ldap_cache_ttl" name="ldap_cache_ttl" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_cache_ttl']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('in seconds. A change empties the cache.');?>" /></p>
-		<p><label for="home_folder_naming_rule">User Home Folder Naming Rule</label><input type="text" id="home_folder_naming_rule" name="home_folder_naming_rule" value="<?php echo $_['home_folder_naming_rule']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('Leave empty for user name (default). Otherwise, specify an LDAP/AD attribute.');?>" /></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_port"><?php echo $l->t('Port');?></label><input type="number" id="ldap_port" name="ldap_port" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_port']; ?>" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_port_default']; ?>"  /></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_backup_host"><?php echo $l->t('Backup (Replica) Host');?></label><input type="text" id="ldap_backup_host" name="ldap_backup_host" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_backup_host']; ?>" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_backup_host_default']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('Give an optional backup host. It must be a replica of the main LDAP/AD server.');?>"></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_backup_port"><?php echo $l->t('Backup (Replica) Port');?></label><input type="number" id="ldap_backup_port" name="ldap_backup_port" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_backup_port']; ?>" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_backup_port_default']; ?>"  /></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_override_main_server"><?php echo $l->t('Disable Main Server');?></label><input type="checkbox" id="ldap_override_main_server" name="ldap_override_main_server" value="1"<?php if ($_['ldap_override_main_server']) echo ' checked'; ?> data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_override_main_server_default']; ?>"  title="<?php echo $l->t('When switched on, ownCloud will only connect to the replica server.');?>" /></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_base_users"><?php echo $l->t('Base User Tree');?></label><textarea id="ldap_base_users" name="ldap_base_users" placeholder="<?php echo $l->t('One User Base DN per line');?>" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_base_users_default']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('Base User Tree');?>"><?php echo $_['ldap_base_users']; ?></textarea></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_base_groups"><?php echo $l->t('Base Group Tree');?></label><textarea id="ldap_base_groups" name="ldap_base_groups" placeholder="<?php echo $l->t('One Group Base DN per line');?>" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_base_groups_default']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('Base Group Tree');?>"><?php echo $_['ldap_base_groups']; ?></textarea></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute"><?php echo $l->t('Group-Member association');?></label><select id="ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute" name="ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute_default']; ?>" ><option value="uniqueMember"<?php if (isset($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute']) && ($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute'] == 'uniqueMember')) echo ' selected'; ?>>uniqueMember</option><option value="memberUid"<?php if (isset($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute']) && ($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute'] == 'memberUid')) echo ' selected'; ?>>memberUid</option><option value="member"<?php if (isset($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute']) && ($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute'] == 'member')) echo ' selected'; ?>>member (AD)</option></select></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_tls"><?php echo $l->t('Use TLS');?></label><input type="checkbox" id="ldap_tls" name="ldap_tls" value="1"<?php if ($_['ldap_tls']) echo ' checked'; ?> data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_tls_default']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('Do not use it for SSL connections, it will fail.');?>" /></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_nocase"><?php echo $l->t('Case insensitve LDAP server (Windows)');?></label> <input type="checkbox" id="ldap_nocase" name="ldap_nocase" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_nocase_default']; ?>"  value="1"<?php if (isset($_['ldap_nocase']) && ($_['ldap_nocase'])) echo ' checked'; ?>></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_turn_off_cert_check"><?php echo $l->t('Turn off SSL certificate validation.');?></label><input type="checkbox" id="ldap_turn_off_cert_check" name="ldap_turn_off_cert_check" title="<?php echo $l->t('If connection only works with this option, import the LDAP server\'s SSL certificate in your ownCloud server.');?>" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_turn_off_cert_check_default']; ?>" value="1"<?php if ($_['ldap_turn_off_cert_check']) echo ' checked'; ?>><br/><small><?php echo $l->t('Not recommended, use for testing only.');?></small></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_display_name"><?php echo $l->t('User Display Name Field');?></label><input type="text" id="ldap_display_name" name="ldap_display_name" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_display_name']; ?>" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_display_name_default']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('The LDAP attribute to use to generate the user`s ownCloud name.');?>" /></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_group_display_name"><?php echo $l->t('Group Display Name Field');?></label><input type="text" id="ldap_group_display_name" name="ldap_group_display_name" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_group_display_name']; ?>" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_group_display_name_default']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('The LDAP attribute to use to generate the groups`s ownCloud name.');?>" /></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_quota_attr">Quota Field</label><input type="text" id="ldap_quota_attr" name="ldap_quota_attr" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_quota_attr']; ?>" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_quota_attr_default']; ?>"/></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_quota_def">Quota Default</label><input type="text" id="ldap_quota_def" name="ldap_quota_def" value="<?php if (isset($_['ldap_quota_def'])) echo $_['ldap_quota_def']; ?>" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_quota_def_default']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('in bytes');?>" /></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_email_attr">Email Field</label><input type="text" id="ldap_email_attr" name="ldap_email_attr" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_email_attr']; ?>" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_email_attr_default']; ?>" /></p>
+		<p><label for="ldap_cache_ttl">Cache Time-To-Live</label><input type="number" id="ldap_cache_ttl" name="ldap_cache_ttl" value="<?php echo $_['ldap_cache_ttl']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('in seconds. A change empties the cache.');?>" data-default="<?php echo $_['ldap_cache_ttl_default']; ?>" /></p>
+		<p><label for="home_folder_naming_rule">User Home Folder Naming Rule</label><input type="text" id="home_folder_naming_rule" name="home_folder_naming_rule" value="<?php echo $_['home_folder_naming_rule']; ?>" title="<?php echo $l->t('Leave empty for user name (default). Otherwise, specify an LDAP/AD attribute.');?>" data-default="<?php echo $_['home_folder_naming_rule_default']; ?>" /></p>
 	</fieldset>
 	<input type="submit" value="Save" /> <button id="ldap_action_test_connection" name="ldap_action_test_connection">Test Configuration</button> <a href="http://owncloud.org/support/ldap-backend/" target="_blank"><img src="<?php echo OCP\Util::imagePath('', 'actions/info.png'); ?>" style="height:1.75ex" /> <?php echo $l->t('Help');?></a>
 	</div>