diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/navigator.js b/core/modules/widgets/navigator.js
index f4f216960..205db4c91 100755
--- a/core/modules/widgets/navigator.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/navigator.js
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ NavigatorWidget.prototype.makeDraftTiddler = function(targetTitle) {
 	}
 	// Get the current value of the tiddler we're editing
 	var tiddler = this.wiki.getTiddler(targetTitle);
-	var defaultType = this.wiki.getTiddler("$:/config/DefaultMissingType");
-	var defaultFields = { type: defaultType !== null ? defaultType.fields['text'].trim() : "" };
+	var defaultType = this.wiki.getTiddlerText("$:/config/DefaultMissingType", "").trim();
+	var defaultFields = { type: defaultType };
 	// Save the initial value of the draft tiddler
 	draftTitle = this.generateDraftTitle(targetTitle);
 	var draftTiddler = new $tw.Tiddler({
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ NavigatorWidget.prototype.makeDraftTiddler = function(targetTitle) {
 				"draft.of": targetTitle
 			},
 			this.wiki.getModificationFields(),
-			tiddler == null ? defaultFields : {}
+			tiddler === null || tiddler === undefined ? defaultFields : {}
 		);
 	this.wiki.addTiddler(draftTiddler);
 	return draftTiddler;
diff --git a/core/wiki/config/DefaultMissingType.tid b/core/wiki/config/DefaultMissingType.tid
deleted file mode 100644
index db2fc745e..000000000
--- a/core/wiki/config/DefaultMissingType.tid
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-title: $:/config/DefaultMissingType
-
-