diff --git a/app/controllers/my_profile/profile_editor_controller.rb b/app/controllers/my_profile/profile_editor_controller.rb
index 0387b4f..b03482a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/my_profile/profile_editor_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/my_profile/profile_editor_controller.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class ProfileEditorController < MyProfileController
   end
 
   def welcome_page
-    @welcome_page = profile.welcome_page || TinyMceArticle.new(:name => 'Welcome Page', :profile => profile)
+    @welcome_page = profile.welcome_page || TinyMceArticle.new(:name => 'Welcome Page', :profile => profile, :published => false)
     if request.post?
       begin
         @welcome_page.update_attributes!(params[:welcome_page])
diff --git a/test/functional/profile_editor_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/profile_editor_controller_test.rb
index 7488477..dfe2943 100644
--- a/test/functional/profile_editor_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/profile_editor_controller_test.rb
@@ -910,6 +910,11 @@ class ProfileEditorControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     assert_response :forbidden
   end
 
+  should 'create welcome_page with public false by default' do
+    get :welcome_page, :profile => fast_create(Person, :is_template => true).identifier
+    assert !assigns(:welcome_page).published
+  end
+
   should 'update welcome page and redirect to index' do
     welcome_page = fast_create(TinyMceArticle, :body => 'Initial welcome page')
     person_template = create_user('person_template').person
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