diff --git a/SingularityBase/src/main/java/com/hubspot/mesos/SingularityMesosArtifact.java b/SingularityBase/src/main/java/com/hubspot/mesos/SingularityMesosArtifact.java
index 3fcb58dde1..8e07b1de3e 100644
--- a/SingularityBase/src/main/java/com/hubspot/mesos/SingularityMesosArtifact.java
+++ b/SingularityBase/src/main/java/com/hubspot/mesos/SingularityMesosArtifact.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 
 public class SingularityMesosArtifact {
   private final String uri;
@@ -11,18 +12,18 @@ public class SingularityMesosArtifact {
 
   @JsonCreator
   public static SingularityMesosArtifact fromString(String uri) {
-    return new SingularityMesosArtifact(uri, false, false, false);
+    return new SingularityMesosArtifact(uri, Optional.<Boolean>absent(), Optional.<Boolean>absent(), Optional.<Boolean>absent());
   }
 
   @JsonCreator
   public SingularityMesosArtifact(@JsonProperty("uri") String uri,
-                                  @JsonProperty("cache") boolean cache,
-                                  @JsonProperty("executable") boolean executable,
-                                  @JsonProperty("extract") boolean extract) {
+                                  @JsonProperty("cache") Optional<Boolean> cache,
+                                  @JsonProperty("executable") Optional<Boolean> executable,
+                                  @JsonProperty("extract") Optional<Boolean> extract) {
     this.uri = uri;
-    this.cache = cache;
-    this.executable = executable;
-    this.extract = extract;
+    this.cache = cache.or(false);
+    this.executable = executable.or(true);
+    this.extract = extract.or(false);
   }
 
   public String getUri() {
diff --git a/SingularityUI/app/components/newDeployForm/NewDeployForm.jsx b/SingularityUI/app/components/newDeployForm/NewDeployForm.jsx
index 7b2d90c8a3..d54c231d61 100644
--- a/SingularityUI/app/components/newDeployForm/NewDeployForm.jsx
+++ b/SingularityUI/app/components/newDeployForm/NewDeployForm.jsx
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ class NewDeployForm extends Component {
 
           <div id="mesos-artifact-button-row" className="row">
             <div className="col-sm-6">
-              <button className="btn btn-success btn-block" onClick={event => this.addObjectToArrayFieldPreventDefault('uris', {}, event)}>
+              <button className="btn btn-success btn-block" onClick={event => this.addObjectToArrayFieldPreventDefault('uris', {extract: true}, event)}>
                 <span className="glyphicon glyphicon-plus"></span>
                 {" Artifact"}
               </button>
diff --git a/SingularityUI/app/components/newDeployForm/fields.es6 b/SingularityUI/app/components/newDeployForm/fields.es6
index 049459d09a..f8390684a5 100644
--- a/SingularityUI/app/components/newDeployForm/fields.es6
+++ b/SingularityUI/app/components/newDeployForm/fields.es6
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export const MESOS_ARTIFACT_FIELDS = [
   {id: 'uri', type: 'text', required: true},
   {id: 'cache', type: 'text'},
   {id: 'executable', type: 'text'},
-  {id: 'extract', type: 'text'}
+  {id: 'extract', type: 'text', default: true}
 ];
 
 export const ARTIFACT_FIELDS = {