diff --git a/app/models/profile.rb b/app/models/profile.rb
index 3479fde..5ed0956 100644
--- a/app/models/profile.rb
+++ b/app/models/profile.rb
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class Profile < ActiveRecord::Base
   # instances.    
   def create_default_set_of_boxes
     if template
-      copy_blocks_from template
+      apply_template(template, :copy_articles => false)
     else
       3.times do
         self.boxes << Box.new
@@ -264,9 +264,9 @@ class Profile < ActiveRecord::Base
     nil
   end
 
-  def apply_template(template)
+  def apply_template(template, options = {:copy_articles => true})
     copy_blocks_from(template)
-    copy_articles_from(template)
+    copy_articles_from(template) if options[:copy_articles]
 
     # copy interesting attributes
     self.layout_template = template.layout_template
diff --git a/test/unit/profile_test.rb b/test/unit/profile_test.rb
index 0c5a861..d6799d1 100644
--- a/test/unit/profile_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/profile_test.rb
@@ -1359,6 +1359,17 @@ class ProfileTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert !profile.valid?
   end
 
+  should 'copy header and footer after create a person' do
+    template = create_user('template').person
+    template.custom_footer = "footer customized"
+    template.custom_header = "header customized"
+    Environment.any_instance.stubs(:person_template).returns(template)
+
+    person = create_user('mytestuser').person
+    assert_equal "footer customized", person.custom_footer
+    assert_equal "header customized", person.custom_header
+  end
+
   private
 
   def assert_invalid_identifier(id)
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