diff --git a/lib/HTML/FormFu/Model/HashRef.pm b/lib/HTML/FormFu/Model/HashRef.pm
index 486fb16..4843bcb 100644
--- a/lib/HTML/FormFu/Model/HashRef.pm
+++ b/lib/HTML/FormFu/Model/HashRef.pm
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ has inflators => (
 
 sub default_values {
     my ( $self, $data ) = @_;
-    map { $_->default(undef) }
-        ( grep { $_->is_field } @{ $self->form->get_all_elements } );
+    #map { $_->default(undef) }
+    #    ( grep { $_->is_field } @{ $self->form->get_all_elements } );
     $self->_default_values( $self->form, $data );
     return $self;
 }
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ sub _default_values {
                 : $data );
         }
         else {
+            next unless ( exists( $data->{$name} ) );
             if ( $self->inflators && @{ $element->get_inflators } > 0 ) {
                 my @inflators = @{ $element->get_inflators };
                 map { $element->default( $_->process( $data->{$name} ) ) }