diff --git a/djangocms_blog/admin.py b/djangocms_blog/admin.py
index 3036c51..c2fa423 100755
--- a/djangocms_blog/admin.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/admin.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from cms.admin.placeholderadmin import FrontendEditableAdminMixin, PlaceholderAd
 from django import forms
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.utils.six import callable
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from parler.admin import TranslatableAdmin
@@ -118,12 +117,7 @@ class PostAdmin(PlaceholderAdminMixin, FrontendEditableAdminMixin,
         return {'slug': ('title',)}
 
     def save_model(self, request, obj, form, change):
-        if not obj.author_id and obj.app_config.set_author:
-            if get_setting('AUTHOR_DEFAULT') is True:
-                user = request.user
-            else:
-                user = get_user_model().objects.get(username=get_setting('AUTHOR_DEFAULT'))
-            obj.author = user
+        obj._set_default_author(request.user)
         super(PostAdmin, self).save_model(request, obj, form, change)
 
     class Media:
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/cms_wizards.py b/djangocms_blog/cms_wizards.py
index 56e706e..1b09965 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/cms_wizards.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/cms_wizards.py
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 from cms.utils.permissions import get_current_user
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
-
-from djangocms_blog.settings import get_setting
 
 try:
     from cms.wizards.wizard_base import Wizard
@@ -41,12 +38,7 @@ try:
             js = ('admin/js/jquery.js', 'admin/js/jquery.init.js',)
 
         def save(self, commit=True):
-            if not self.instance.author_id and self.instance.app_config.set_author:
-                if get_setting('AUTHOR_DEFAULT') is True:
-                    user = get_current_user()
-                else:
-                    user = get_user_model().objects.get(username=get_setting('AUTHOR_DEFAULT'))
-                self.instance.author = user
+            self.instance._set_default_author(get_current_user())
             return super(PostWizardForm, self).save(commit)
 
     class PostWizard(Wizard):
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/models.py b/djangocms_blog/models.py
index 3e74137..c65ce8e 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/models.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/models.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from aldryn_apphooks_config.fields import AppHookConfigField
 from aldryn_apphooks_config.managers.parler import AppHookConfigTranslatableManager
 from cms.models import CMSPlugin, PlaceholderField
 from django.conf import settings as dj_settings
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils import timezone
@@ -254,6 +255,14 @@ class Post(ModelMeta, TranslatableModel):
     def get_author(self):
         return self.author
 
+    def _set_default_author(self, current_user):
+        if not self.author_id and self.app_config.set_author:
+            if get_setting('AUTHOR_DEFAULT') is True:
+                user = current_user
+            else:
+                user = get_user_model().objects.get(username=get_setting('AUTHOR_DEFAULT'))
+            self.author = user
+
     def thumbnail_options(self):
         if self.main_image_thumbnail_id:
             return self.main_image_thumbnail.as_dict
diff --git a/tests/test_wizards.py b/tests/test_wizards.py
index 2f755d1..1035035 100644
--- a/tests/test_wizards.py
+++ b/tests/test_wizards.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 import cms
 from cms.utils.permissions import current_user
 
-from djangocms_blog.settings import get_setting
 from .base import BaseTest
 
 try:
@@ -74,11 +73,15 @@ class WizardTest(BaseTest):
 
             with self.settings(BLOG_AUTHOR_DEFAULT='normal'):
                 for index, wiz in enumerate(wizs):
+                    app_config = self.app_config_1.pk if wiz.title == 'New Blog' else self.app_config_2.pk
                     form = wiz.form(data={
                         '1-title': 'title-2{0}'.format(index),
                         '1-abstract': 'abstract-2{0}'.format(index),
                         '1-categories': [self.category_1.pk],
                     }, prefix=1)
+                    self.assertEqual(form.default_appconfig, app_config)
+                    self.assertTrue(form.is_valid())
+                    self.assertTrue(form.cleaned_data['app_config'], app_config)
                     instance = form.save()
                     self.assertEqual(instance.author, self.user_normal)