diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index bc03ad37f..6db87892d 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -13420,14 +13420,20 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                     print('WARN: blog posts must have content')
                     return -1
                 # submit button on newblog screen
+                followersOnly = False
+                saveToFile = False
+                clientToServer = False
+                city = None
                 messageJson = \
                     createBlogPost(self.server.baseDir, nickname,
                                    self.server.domain, self.server.port,
                                    self.server.httpPrefix,
                                    fields['message'],
-                                   False, False, False, commentsEnabled,
+                                   followersOnly, saveToFile,
+                                   clientToServer, commentsEnabled,
                                    filename, attachmentMediaType,
                                    fields['imageDescription'],
+                                   city,
                                    fields['replyTo'], fields['replyTo'],
                                    fields['subject'],
                                    fields['schedulePost'],
diff --git a/posts.py b/posts.py
index b95374f1e..9eac447bf 100644
--- a/posts.py
+++ b/posts.py
@@ -1501,10 +1501,10 @@ def createBlogPost(baseDir: str,
                    clientToServer: bool, commentsEnabled: bool,
                    attachImageFilename: str, mediaType: str,
                    imageDescription: str, city: str,
-                   inReplyTo: str = None, inReplyToAtomUri: str = None,
-                   subject: str = None, schedulePost: bool = False,
-                   eventDate: str = None, eventTime: str = None,
-                   location: str = None) -> {}:
+                   inReplyTo: str, inReplyToAtomUri: str,
+                   subject: str, schedulePost: bool,
+                   eventDate: str, eventTime: str,
+                   location: str) -> {}:
     blogJson = \
         createPublicPost(baseDir,
                          nickname, domain, port, httpPrefix,