diff --git a/boards/forms/__init__.py b/boards/forms/__init__.py
--- a/boards/forms/__init__.py
+++ b/boards/forms/__init__.py
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ class PostForm(NeboardForm):
     email = forms.CharField(max_length=100, required=False, label=_('e-mail'),
                             widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={
                                 'class': 'form-email'}))
-    subscribe = forms.BooleanField(required=False, label=_('Subscribe to thread'))
+    subscribe = forms.BooleanField(required=False,
+            label=_('Subscribe to thread'), initial=True)
 
     guess = forms.CharField(widget=forms.HiddenInput(), required=False)
     timestamp = forms.CharField(widget=forms.HiddenInput(), required=False)
diff --git a/boards/static/js/form.js b/boards/static/js/form.js
--- a/boards/static/js/form.js
+++ b/boards/static/js/form.js
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ function resetForm() {
     var form = getForm();
 
     form.find('input:text, input:password, input:file, textarea').val('');
-    form.find('input:radio, input:checkbox').removeAttr('checked').removeAttr('selected');
     pastedImages = [];
     $('#pasted-images').remove();
     $('.file_wrap').find('.file-thumb').remove();