=== modified file 'modules/taxonomy_defaults/taxonomy_defaults.module'
--- modules/taxonomy_defaults/taxonomy_defaults.module	2009-01-13 13:27:08 +0000
+++ modules/taxonomy_defaults/taxonomy_defaults.module	2009-05-19 15:53:20 +0000
@@ -88,7 +88,21 @@
       // Active vocabs have been inserted via the form already and may have been modified by the user
       if (!$activevocab && variable_get("taxdef_{$node->type}_{$vid}_active", FALSE)) {
         $default_tids = variable_get("taxdef_{$node->type}_{$vid}", array());
-        $taxonomy[$vid] = $vocab->multiple ? $default_tids : $default_tids[0];
+        // check mode. If taxonomy property contains array of objects use different processing
+        if (is_object(current($taxonomy))) { // now decide if we should process
+          $default_tids = $vocab->multiple ? $default_tids : array($default_tids[0]);
+          foreach ($default_tids as $tid) {
+            if (empty($taxonomy[$tid])) {
+              $object = new stdClass();
+              $object->vid = $vocab->vid;
+              $object->tid = $tid;
+              $taxonomy[$tid] = $object;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        else {
+          $taxonomy[$vid] = $vocab->multiple ? $default_tids : $default_tids[0];
+        }
       }
     }
     if (isset($taxonomy)) {