diff --git a/mod/scorm/datamodels/scorm_12.js.php b/mod/scorm/datamodels/scorm_12.js.php
index 5e6549a5546..8d466a4695b 100644
--- a/mod/scorm/datamodels/scorm_12.js.php
+++ b/mod/scorm/datamodels/scorm_12.js.php
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ function SCORMapi1_2() {
                                 }
                             } else {
                                 datastring += elementstring;
+                                eval('datamodel["'+elementmodel+'"].defaultvalue=data[property];');
                             }
                         }
                     }