diff --git a/app/config/propertyEditors.views.js b/app/config/propertyEditors.views.js
index 4162523..ba99e59 100644
--- a/app/config/propertyEditors.views.js
+++ b/app/config/propertyEditors.views.js
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@
 	},
 	{
 		"propertyEditorAlias": "Umbraco.Date",
-		"view": "datepicker"
+		"view": "datepicker",
+		"defaultPreValues": [{ "format": "yyyy-MM-dd", "pickTime": false }]
 	},
 	{
 		"propertyEditorAlias": "Umbraco.DateTime",
-		"view": "datepicker"
+		"view": "datepicker",
+		"format": "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"
 	},
 	{
 		"propertyEditorAlias": "Umbraco.DropDown",
@@ -69,7 +71,8 @@
 	},
 	{
 		"propertyEditorAlias": "Umbraco.MediaPicker",
-		"view": "mediapicker"
+		"view": "mediapicker",
+		"defaultPreValues": [{ "multiPicker": "0" }]
 	},
 	{
 		"propertyEditorAlias": "Umbraco.MemberGroupPicker",
@@ -81,7 +84,8 @@
 	},
 	{
 		"propertyEditorAlias": "Umbraco.MultiNodeTreePicker",
-		"view": "contentpicker"
+		"view": "contentpicker",
+		"defaultPreValues": [{ "multiPicker": "1" }]
 	},
 	{
 		"propertyEditorAlias": "Umbraco.MultipleMediaPicker",
@@ -109,7 +113,8 @@
 	},
 	{
 		"propertyEditorAlias": "Umbraco.Tags",
-		"view": "tags"
+		"view": "tags",
+		"defaultPreValues": [{ "group": "default" }]
 	},
 	{
 		"propertyEditorAlias": "Umbraco.TextboxMultiple",
@@ -125,7 +130,8 @@
 	},
 	{
 		"propertyEditorAlias": "Umbraco.UserPicker",
-		"view": "entitypicker"
+		"view": "entitypicker",
+		"defaultPreValues": [{ "entityType": "User" }]
 	},
 	{
 		"propertyEditorAlias": "Umbraco.NoEdit",
diff --git a/app/directives/archetypeproperty.js b/app/directives/archetypeproperty.js
index af8dec0..b3ca22b 100644
--- a/app/directives/archetypeproperty.js
+++ b/app/directives/archetypeproperty.js
@@ -67,9 +67,19 @@ angular.module("umbraco").directive('archetypeProperty', function ($compile, $ht
             config = configObj;
 
             //determine the view to use [...] and load it
-            propertyEditorResource.getViewForPropertyEditor(data.selectedEditor).then(function(data) {
-                var pathToView = umbPropEditorHelper.getViewPath(data);
-                loadView(pathToView, config, defaultValue, alias, scope, element);
+            propertyEditorResource.getPropertyEditorMapping(data.selectedEditor).then(function(propertyEditor) {
+                var pathToView = umbPropEditorHelper.getViewPath(propertyEditor.view);
+
+                //load in the DefaultPreValues for the PropertyEditor, if any
+                var defaultConfigObj =  {};
+                if (propertyEditor.hasOwnProperty('defaultPreValues')) {
+                    _.each(propertyEditor.defaultPreValues, function(p) {
+                        _.extend(defaultConfigObj, p)
+                    });
+                }
+                var mergedConfig = _.extend(defaultConfigObj, config);
+
+                loadView(pathToView, mergedConfig, defaultValue, alias, scope, element);
             });
         });
 
diff --git a/app/resources/propertyeditor.js b/app/resources/propertyeditor.js
index b97fa88..07a1289 100644
--- a/app/resources/propertyeditor.js
+++ b/app/resources/propertyeditor.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ angular.module('umbraco').factory('propertyEditorResource', function($q, $http,
         		$http.get("/umbraco/backoffice/UmbracoApi/DataType/GetById?id=" + id), 'Failed to retrieve datatype'
     		);
         },
-        getViewForPropertyEditor: function(alias) {
+        getPropertyEditorMapping: function(alias) {
             return umbRequestHelper.resourcePromise(
                 $http.get("/App_plugins/Archetype/js/propertyEditors.views.js"), 'Failed to retrieve datatype mappings'
             ).then(function (data) {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ angular.module('umbraco').factory('propertyEditorResource', function($q, $http,
                 });
 
                 if (result != null) 
-                    return result.view;
+                    return result;
 
                 return "";
             });