diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a7d0374..c2302b2 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ django project.
 
 Configuration
 -------------
+
+Sub-class **SmokeTestCase** and configure your test using the *TESTS_CONFIGURATION*.  Further configure by defining
+optional *default_* attributes (or class methods).
+
+Basic Configuration
+********
+
 ``TESTS_CONFIGURATION`` of your ``TestCase`` should contain tuple/list of
 tuples for every request with the next structure:
 
@@ -97,6 +104,58 @@ you can use it to transfer state between them. But take into account that
 #. ``user_credentials``
 #. ``request_data``
 
+Extra Configuration
+********
+
+For convenience, default values can be provided for some url configuration items.  If a URL test is defined which is
+missing a definition for one of these values, the class definition is searched for a default value and that is used, if
+present.
+
+For example, you may define *user_credentials* in a URL test. In cases where several URL tests have the same user
+credentials, it is more convenient to define the credentials one time, as a class attribute (or method). So in the case
+of user credentials, you can also define a class attribute like this, which will take effect for all test urls which
+dont have user_credentials defined. Like this:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    class TestDemo(SmokeTestCase):
+        TESTS_CONFIGURATION = (
+            ('page1', 200, 'GET',),
+            ('page2', 200, 'GET',),
+            ('page3', 200, 'GET',),
+            ('page4', 200, 'GET', {
+                'user_credentials': {
+                    'username': 'other_user',
+                    'password': 'other_password',
+                }
+            }),
+            ('page5', 200, 'GET', {
+                'user_credentials': None,
+            }),
+        )
+
+        default_user_credentials = {
+            'username': 'my_user',
+            'password': 'my_password',
+        }
+
+
+In the example above, tests for page1, page2, and page3 will be run using the default credentials (*my_user*). The test
+for page4 will run with special credentials (*other_user*).  The test for page5 will run with no credentials, no logged
+in user.
+
+**Note:** these default values can be either class attributes *or* class methods (taking a ``self`` parameter).
+
+The full list of possible, default, attributes is:
+
+* default_comment
+* default_initialize
+* default_url_args
+* default_url_kwargs
+* default_request_data
+* default_user_credentials
+* default_redirect_to
+
 
 Examples
 --------
diff --git a/skd_smoke/__init__.py b/skd_smoke/__init__.py
index 8f53e4e..b316cc1 100644
--- a/skd_smoke/__init__.py
+++ b/skd_smoke/__init__.py
@@ -331,13 +331,17 @@ def __new__(mcs, name, bases, attrs):
             setattr(cls, fail_method_name, fail_method)
         else:
             for urlname, status, method, data in config:
-                comment = data.get('comment', None)
-                initialize = data.get('initialize', None)
-                url_args = data.get('url_args', None)
-                url_kwargs = data.get('url_kwargs', None)
-                request_data = data.get('request_data', None)
-                get_user_credentials = data.get('user_credentials', None)
-                redirect_to = data.get('redirect_to', None)
+                # For each config item, if it doesnt exist in config tuple's "data" then
+                # see if user has defined a default on the test class
+                find_conf = lambda name: data.get(name, getattr(cls, "default_" + name, None))
+
+                comment = find_conf('comment')
+                initialize = find_conf('initialize')
+                url_args = find_conf('url_args')
+                url_kwargs = find_conf('url_kwargs')
+                request_data = find_conf('request_data')
+                get_user_credentials = find_conf('user_credentials')
+                redirect_to = find_conf('redirect_to')
                 status_text = STATUS_CODE_TEXT.get(status, 'UNKNOWN')
 
                 test_method_name = prepare_test_name(urlname, method, status)