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diff --git a/app/models/redaction.rb b/app/models/redaction.rb
index ca0ea7232..43f5b3c7b 100644
--- a/app/models/redaction.rb
+++ b/app/models/redaction.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,19 @@ class Redaction < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :old_ways
   has_many :old_relations
 
+  after_initialize :set_defaults
+
+  # this method overrides the AR default to provide the rich 
+  # text object for the description field.
   def description
     RichText.new(read_attribute(:description_format), read_attribute(:description))
   end
+
+  private
+
+  # set the default format to be markdown, in the absence of
+  # any other setting.
+  def set_defaults
+    self.description_format = "markdown" unless self.attribute_present?(:description_format)
+  end
 end