diff --git a/enrol/ldap/lib.php b/enrol/ldap/lib.php
index 90c083053cd83..730ec5a8ac2b3 100644
--- a/enrol/ldap/lib.php
+++ b/enrol/ldap/lib.php
@@ -885,16 +885,34 @@ function create_course($course_ext, $skip_fix_course_sortorder=false) {
         require_once("$CFG->dirroot/course/lib.php");
 
         // Override defaults with template course
-        $course = new stdClass();
+        $template = false;
         if ($this->get_config('template')) {
-            if($template = $DB->get_record('course', array('shortname'=>$this->get_config('template')))) {
+            if ($template = $DB->get_record('course', array('shortname'=>$this->get_config('template')))) {
                 unset($template->id); // So we are clear to reinsert the record
                 unset($template->fullname);
                 unset($template->shortname);
                 unset($template->idnumber);
-                $course = $template;
             }
         }
+        if (!$template) {
+            $courseconfig = get_config('moodlecourse');
+            $template = new stdClass();
+            $template->summary        = '';
+            $template->summaryformat  = FORMAT_HTML;
+            $template->format         = $courseconfig->format;
+            $template->numsections    = $courseconfig->numsections;
+            $template->hiddensections = $courseconfig->hiddensections;
+            $template->newsitems      = $courseconfig->newsitems;
+            $template->showgrades     = $courseconfig->showgrades;
+            $template->showreports    = $courseconfig->showreports;
+            $template->maxbytes       = $courseconfig->maxbytes;
+            $template->groupmode      = $courseconfig->groupmode;
+            $template->groupmodeforce = $courseconfig->groupmodeforce;
+            $template->visible        = $courseconfig->visible;
+            $template->lang           = $courseconfig->lang;
+            $template->groupmodeforce = $courseconfig->groupmodeforce;
+        }
+        $course = $template;
 
         $course->category = $this->get_config('category');
         if (!$DB->record_exists('course_categories', array('id'=>$this->get_config('category')))) {