diff --git a/public_html/includes/class/class.LSattribute.php b/public_html/includes/class/class.LSattribute.php
index 13410077..e6fd4a10 100644
--- a/public_html/includes/class/class.LSattribute.php
+++ b/public_html/includes/class/class.LSattribute.php
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ class LSattribute {
       $value = $this -> ldapObject -> getFData($this -> config['generate_value_format']);
     }
     else if (is_string($this -> config['default_value']) && strlen($this -> config['default_value'])>0) {
-      $value = $this -> config['default_value'];
+      $value = $this -> ldapObject -> getFData($this -> config['default_value']);
     }
     if ($value!==false) {
       if (!empty($value)) {