diff --git a/rhodecode/authentication/views.py b/rhodecode/authentication/views.py
--- a/rhodecode/authentication/views.py
+++ b/rhodecode/authentication/views.py
@@ -45,19 +45,21 @@ class AuthnPluginViewBase(object):
         self.context = context
         self.plugin = context.plugin
 
-    def settings_get(self, errors={}):
+    def settings_get(self, defaults=None, errors=None):
         """
         View that displays the plugin settings as a form.
         """
+        defaults = defaults or {}
+        errors = errors or {}
         schema = self.plugin.get_settings_schema()
 
         # Get default values for the form.
-        for node in schema.children:
-            value = self.plugin.get_setting_by_name(node.name)
-            if value:
-                node.default = value
+        for node in schema:
+            db_value = self.plugin.get_setting_by_name(node.name)
+            defaults.setdefault(node.name, db_value)
 
         template_context = {
+            'defaults': defaults,
             'errors': errors,
             'plugin': self.context.plugin,
             'resource': self.context,
@@ -78,7 +80,8 @@ class AuthnPluginViewBase(object):
                 _('Errors exist when saving plugin settings. '
                   'Please check the form inputs.'),
                 queue='error')
-            return self.settings_get(errors=e.asdict())
+            defaults = schema.flatten(self.request.params)
+            return self.settings_get(errors=e.asdict(), defaults=defaults)
 
         # Store validated data.
         for name, value in valid_data.items():
@@ -110,7 +113,8 @@ class AuthSettingsView(object):
 
     @LoginRequired()
     @HasPermissionAllDecorator('hg.admin')
-    def index(self, defaults={}, errors=None, prefix_error=False):
+    def index(self, defaults=None, errors=None, prefix_error=False):
+        defaults = defaults or {}
         authn_registry = self.request.registry.getUtility(IAuthnPluginRegistry)
         enabled_plugins = SettingsModel().get_auth_plugins()
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/admin/auth/plugin_settings.html b/rhodecode/templates/admin/auth/plugin_settings.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/admin/auth/plugin_settings.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/admin/auth/plugin_settings.html
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@
                       <div class="label ${label_css_class}"><label for="${node.name}">${node.title}</label></div>
                       <div class="input">
                         %if node.widget in ["string", "int", "unicode"]:
-                          ${h.text(node.name, node.default, class_="medium")}
+                          ${h.text(node.name, defaults.get(node.name), class_="medium")}
                         %elif node.widget == "password":
-                          ${h.password(node.name, node.default, class_="medium")}
+                          ${h.password(node.name, defaults.get(node.name), class_="medium")}
                         %elif node.widget == "bool":
-                          <div class="checkbox">${h.checkbox(node.name, node.default)}</div>
+                          <div class="checkbox">${h.checkbox(node.name, True, checked=defaults.get(node.name))}</div>
                         %elif node.widget == "select":
-                          ${h.select(node.name, node.default, node.validator.choices)}
+                          ${h.select(node.name, defaults.get(node.name), node.validator.choices)}
                         %elif node.widget == "readonly":
                           ${node.default}
                         %else: