diff --git a/api/ApplicationContext.php b/api/ApplicationContext.php
index 08c26c40..76de8849 100644
--- a/api/ApplicationContext.php
+++ b/api/ApplicationContext.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use BusinessLogic\Tickets\TrackingIdGenerator;
 use DataAccess\Categories\CategoryGateway;
 use DataAccess\Security\BanGateway;
 use DataAccess\Security\UserGateway;
+use DataAccess\Statuses\StatusGateway;
 use DataAccess\Tickets\TicketGateway;
 
 
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ class ApplicationContext {
         $this->get[BanRetriever::class] = new BanRetriever($this->get[BanGateway::class]);
 
         // Tickets
+        $this->get[StatusGateway::class] = new StatusGateway();
         $this->get[TicketGateway::class] = new TicketGateway();
         $this->get[TicketRetriever::class] = new TicketRetriever($this->get[TicketGateway::class]);
         $this->get[TicketValidators::class] = new TicketValidators($this->get[TicketGateway::class]);
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ class ApplicationContext {
         $this->get[TicketCreator::class] = new TicketCreator($this->get[NewTicketValidator::class],
             $this->get[TrackingIdGenerator::class],
             $this->get[Autoassigner::class],
+            $this->get[StatusGateway::class],
             $this->get[TicketGateway::class]);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/api/BusinessLogic/Statuses/DefaultStatusForAction.php b/api/BusinessLogic/Statuses/DefaultStatusForAction.php
index 569fe224..ac9a7805 100644
--- a/api/BusinessLogic/Statuses/DefaultStatusForAction.php
+++ b/api/BusinessLogic/Statuses/DefaultStatusForAction.php
@@ -18,5 +18,19 @@ class DefaultStatusForAction {
     const REOPENED_BY_STAFF = "IsStaffReopenedStatus";
     const DEFAULT_STAFF_REPLY = "IsDefaultStaffReplyStatus";
     const LOCKED_TICKET = "LockedTicketStatus";
-    const AUTOCLOSE_STATUS = "IsAutoCloseOption";
+    const AUTOCLOSE_STATUS = "IsAutocloseOption";
+
+    static function getAll() {
+        return array(
+            self::NEW_TICKET,
+            self::CLOSED_STATUS,
+            self::CLOSED_BY_CLIENT,
+            self::CUSTOMER_REPLY,
+            self::CLOSED_BY_STAFF,
+            self::REOPENED_BY_STAFF,
+            self::DEFAULT_STAFF_REPLY,
+            self::LOCKED_TICKET,
+            self::AUTOCLOSE_STATUS
+        );
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/api/BusinessLogic/Statuses/Status.php b/api/BusinessLogic/Statuses/Status.php
index 89c8db3e..615abf75 100644
--- a/api/BusinessLogic/Statuses/Status.php
+++ b/api/BusinessLogic/Statuses/Status.php
@@ -4,6 +4,42 @@ namespace BusinessLogic\Statuses;
 
 
 class Status {
+    static function fromDatabase($row, $languageRs) {
+        $status = new Status();
+        $status->id = $row['ID'];
+        $status->textColor = $row['TextColor'];
+        $status->defaultActions = array();
+
+        foreach (DefaultStatusForAction::getAll() as $defaultStatus) {
+            $status = self::addDefaultStatusIfSet($status, $row, $defaultStatus);
+        }
+
+        $status->closable = $row['Closable'];
+
+        $localizedLanguages = array();
+        while ($languageRow = hesk_dbFetchAssoc($languageRs)) {
+            $localizedLanguages[] = new StatusLanguage($languageRow['language'], $languageRow['text']);
+        }
+        $status->localizedNames = $localizedLanguages;
+        $status->sort = $row['sort'];
+
+        return $status;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $status Status
+     * @param $row array
+     * @param $key string
+     * @return Status
+     */
+    private static function addDefaultStatusIfSet($status, $row, $key) {
+        if ($row[$key]) {
+            $status->defaultActions[] = $key;
+        }
+
+        return $status;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @var $id int
      */
@@ -30,7 +66,7 @@ class Status {
     public $sort;
 
     /**
-     * @var $name string[]
+     * @var $name StatusLanguage[]
      */
     public $localizedNames;
 }
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diff --git a/api/BusinessLogic/Statuses/StatusLanguage.php b/api/BusinessLogic/Statuses/StatusLanguage.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..181a04a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/BusinessLogic/Statuses/StatusLanguage.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Created by PhpStorm.
+ * User: mkoch
+ * Date: 2/16/2017
+ * Time: 8:53 PM
+ */
+
+namespace BusinessLogic\Statuses;
+
+
+class StatusLanguage {
+    public $language;
+    public $text;
+
+    function __construct($language, $text) {
+        $this->language = $language;
+        $this->text = $text;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/api/BusinessLogic/Tickets/TicketCreator.php b/api/BusinessLogic/Tickets/TicketCreator.php
index c723fafd..7d6c5687 100644
--- a/api/BusinessLogic/Tickets/TicketCreator.php
+++ b/api/BusinessLogic/Tickets/TicketCreator.php
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 namespace BusinessLogic\Tickets;
 
 use BusinessLogic\Exceptions\ValidationException;
+use BusinessLogic\Statuses\DefaultStatusForAction;
+use DataAccess\Statuses\StatusGateway;
 use DataAccess\Tickets\TicketGateway;
 
 class TicketCreator {
@@ -21,15 +23,21 @@ class TicketCreator {
      */
     private $autoassigner;
 
+    /**
+     * @var $statusGateway StatusGateway
+     */
+    private $statusGateway;
+
     /**
      * @var $ticketGateway TicketGateway
      */
     private $ticketGateway;
 
-    function __construct($newTicketValidator, $trackingIdGenerator, $autoassigner, $ticketGateway) {
+    function __construct($newTicketValidator, $trackingIdGenerator, $autoassigner, $statusGateway, $ticketGateway) {
         $this->newTicketValidator = $newTicketValidator;
         $this->trackingIdGenerator = $trackingIdGenerator;
         $this->autoassigner = $autoassigner;
+        $this->statusGateway = $statusGateway;
         $this->ticketGateway = $ticketGateway;
     }
 
@@ -76,10 +84,25 @@ class TicketCreator {
         $ticket->ipAddress = $ticketRequest->ipAddress;
         $ticket->language = $ticketRequest->language;
 
+        $status = $this->statusGateway->getStatusForDefaultAction(DefaultStatusForAction::NEW_TICKET, $heskSettings);
+
+        if ($status === null) {
+            throw new \Exception("Could not find the default status for a new ticket!");
+        }
+        $ticket->statusId = $status->id;
+
         $ticketGatewayGeneratedFields = $this->ticketGateway->createTicket($ticket, $heskSettings);
 
         $ticket->dateCreated = $ticketGatewayGeneratedFields->dateCreated;
         $ticket->lastChanged = $ticketGatewayGeneratedFields->dateModified;
+        $ticket->archived = false;
+        $ticket->locked = false;
+        $ticket->id = $ticketGatewayGeneratedFields->id;
+        $ticket->openedBy = 0;
+        $ticket->numberOfReplies = 0;
+        $ticket->numberOfStaffReplies = 0;
+        $ticket->timeWorked = '00:00:00';
+        $ticket->lastReplier = 0;
 
         return $ticket;
     }
diff --git a/api/BusinessLogic/Tickets/TicketGatewayGeneratedFields.php b/api/BusinessLogic/Tickets/TicketGatewayGeneratedFields.php
index 00d9521b..49f2f2ac 100644
--- a/api/BusinessLogic/Tickets/TicketGatewayGeneratedFields.php
+++ b/api/BusinessLogic/Tickets/TicketGatewayGeneratedFields.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace BusinessLogic\Tickets;
 
 
 class TicketGatewayGeneratedFields {
+    public $id;
     public $dateCreated;
     public $dateModified;
 }
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diff --git a/api/DataAccess/Statuses/StatusGateway.php b/api/DataAccess/Statuses/StatusGateway.php
index c244f19e..de812784 100644
--- a/api/DataAccess/Statuses/StatusGateway.php
+++ b/api/DataAccess/Statuses/StatusGateway.php
@@ -5,15 +5,31 @@ namespace DataAccess\Statuses;
 
 use BusinessLogic\Statuses\DefaultStatusForAction;
 use BusinessLogic\Statuses\Status;
+use DataAccess\CommonDao;
 
-class StatusGateway {
+class StatusGateway extends CommonDao {
 
     /**
-     * @param $defaultAction DefaultStatusForAction
+     * @param $defaultAction string
      * @return Status
      */
-    function getStatusForDefaultAction($defaultAction) {
-        //-- TODO
-        return new Status();
+    function getStatusForDefaultAction($defaultAction, $heskSettings) {
+        $this->init();
+
+        $metaRs = hesk_dbQuery('SELECT * FROM `' . hesk_dbEscape($heskSettings['db_pfix']) . 'statuses` 
+            WHERE `' . $defaultAction . '` = 1');
+        if (hesk_dbNumRows($metaRs) === 0) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        $row = hesk_dbFetchAssoc($metaRs);
+
+        $languageRs = hesk_dbQuery('SELECT * FROM `' . hesk_dbEscape($heskSettings['db_pfix']) . 'text_to_status_xref`
+            WHERE `status_id` = ' . intval($row['ID']));
+
+        $status = Status::fromDatabase($row, $languageRs);
+
+        $this->close();
+
+        return $status;
     }
 }
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diff --git a/api/DataAccess/Tickets/TicketGateway.php b/api/DataAccess/Tickets/TicketGateway.php
index ae5c2b4d..625c58f9 100644
--- a/api/DataAccess/Tickets/TicketGateway.php
+++ b/api/DataAccess/Tickets/TicketGateway.php
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ class TicketGateway extends CommonDao {
     function createTicket($ticket, $heskSettings) {
         global $hesklang;
 
+        $this->init();
+
         $dueDate = $ticket->dueDate ? "'{$ticket->dueDate}'" : "NULL";
         // Prepare SQL for custom fields
         $customWhere = '';
@@ -103,17 +105,17 @@ class TicketGateway extends CommonDao {
             $customWhat  .= ", '" . (isset($ticket->customFields[$i]) ? hesk_dbEscape($ticket->customFields[$i]) : '') . "'";
         }
 
-        $suggestedArticles = '';
+        $suggestedArticles = 'NULL';
         if ($ticket->suggestedArticles !== null && !empty($ticket->suggestedArticles)) {
-            $suggestedArticles = implode(',', $ticket->suggestedArticles);
+            $suggestedArticles = "'" .implode(',', $ticket->suggestedArticles) . "'";
         }
 
         $latitude = $ticket->location !== null
                     && isset($ticket->location[0])
-                    && $ticket->location[0] !== null ? $ticket->location[0] : '';
+                    && $ticket->location[0] !== null ? $ticket->location[0] : 'E-0';
         $longitude = $ticket->location !== null
                     && isset($ticket->location[1])
-                    && $ticket->location[1] !== null ? $ticket->location[1] : '';
+                    && $ticket->location[1] !== null ? $ticket->location[1] : 'E-0';
         $userAgent = $ticket->userAgent !== null ? $ticket->userAgent : '';
         $screenResolutionWidth = $ticket->screenResolution !== null
                     && isset($ticket->screenResolution[0])
@@ -165,8 +167,8 @@ class TicketGateway extends CommonDao {
             '" . hesk_dbEscape($ticket->message) . "',
             NOW(),
             NOW(),
-            '" . $suggestedArticles . "',
-            '" . hesk_dbEscape($ticket->ipAddress) . "',
+            " . $suggestedArticles . ",
+            '" . hesk_dbEscape($ipAddress) . "',
             '" . hesk_dbEscape($ticket->language) . "',
             '" . intval($ticket->openedBy) . "',
             '" . intval($ticket->ownerId) . "',
@@ -186,14 +188,18 @@ class TicketGateway extends CommonDao {
         ";
 
         hesk_dbQuery($sql);
+        $id = hesk_dbInsertID();
 
-        $rs = hesk_dbQuery('SELECT `dt`, `lastchange` FROM `' . hesk_dbEscape($heskSettings['db_pfix']) . 'tickets` WHERE `id` = ' . intval(hesk_dbInsertID()));
+        $rs = hesk_dbQuery('SELECT `dt`, `lastchange` FROM `' . hesk_dbEscape($heskSettings['db_pfix']) . 'tickets` WHERE `id` = ' . intval($id));
         $row = hesk_dbFetchAssoc($rs);
 
         $generatedFields = new TicketGatewayGeneratedFields();
+        $generatedFields->id = $id;
         $generatedFields->dateCreated = $row['dt'];
         $generatedFields->dateModified = $row['lastchange'];
 
+        $this->close();
+
         return $generatedFields;
     }
 }
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diff --git a/api/Tests/BusinessLogic/Tickets/TicketCreatorTests/CreateTicketForCustomerTest.php b/api/Tests/BusinessLogic/Tickets/TicketCreatorTests/CreateTicketForCustomerTest.php
index 967466ca..3a7f7086 100644
--- a/api/Tests/BusinessLogic/Tickets/TicketCreatorTests/CreateTicketForCustomerTest.php
+++ b/api/Tests/BusinessLogic/Tickets/TicketCreatorTests/CreateTicketForCustomerTest.php
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ namespace BusinessLogic\Tickets\TicketCreatorTests;
 
 
 use BusinessLogic\Security\UserContext;
+use BusinessLogic\Statuses\DefaultStatusForAction;
+use BusinessLogic\Statuses\Status;
 use BusinessLogic\Tickets\Autoassigner;
 use BusinessLogic\Tickets\CreateTicketByCustomerModel;
 use BusinessLogic\Tickets\NewTicketValidator;
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ use BusinessLogic\Tickets\TicketGatewayGeneratedFields;
 use BusinessLogic\Tickets\TrackingIdGenerator;
 use BusinessLogic\ValidationModel;
 use Core\Constants\Priority;
+use DataAccess\Statuses\StatusGateway;
 use DataAccess\Tickets\TicketGateway;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
@@ -43,6 +46,11 @@ class CreateTicketTest extends TestCase {
      */
     private $autoassigner;
 
+    /**
+     * @var $statusGateway \PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject
+     */
+    private $statusGateway;
+
     /**
      * @var $ticketRequest CreateTicketByCustomerModel
      */
@@ -78,8 +86,10 @@ class CreateTicketTest extends TestCase {
         $this->newTicketValidator = $this->createMock(NewTicketValidator::class);
         $this->trackingIdGenerator = $this->createMock(TrackingIdGenerator::class);
         $this->autoassigner = $this->createMock(Autoassigner::class);
+        $this->statusGateway = $this->createMock(StatusGateway::class);
 
-        $this->ticketCreator = new TicketCreator($this->newTicketValidator, $this->trackingIdGenerator, $this->autoassigner, $this->ticketGateway);
+        $this->ticketCreator = new TicketCreator($this->newTicketValidator, $this->trackingIdGenerator,
+            $this->autoassigner, $this->statusGateway, $this->ticketGateway);
 
         $this->ticketRequest = new CreateTicketByCustomerModel();
         $this->ticketRequest->name = 'Name';
@@ -105,6 +115,11 @@ class CreateTicketTest extends TestCase {
         $this->autoassigner->method('getNextUserForTicket')->willReturn(1);
         $this->ticketGatewayGeneratedFields = new TicketGatewayGeneratedFields();
         $this->ticketGateway->method('createTicket')->willReturn($this->ticketGatewayGeneratedFields);
+
+        $status = new Status();
+        $status->id = 1;
+        $this->statusGateway->method('getStatusForDefaultAction')
+            ->willReturn($status);
     }
 
     function testItSavesTheTicketToTheDatabase() {
@@ -185,7 +200,7 @@ class CreateTicketTest extends TestCase {
         //-- Arrange
         $this->ticketGatewayGeneratedFields->dateCreated = 'date created';
         $this->ticketGatewayGeneratedFields->dateModified = 'date modified';
-
+        $this->ticketGatewayGeneratedFields->id = 50;
 
         //-- Act
         $ticket = $this->ticketCreator->createTicketByCustomer($this->ticketRequest, $this->heskSettings, $this->modsForHeskSettings, $this->userContext);
@@ -193,5 +208,28 @@ class CreateTicketTest extends TestCase {
         //-- Assert
         self::assertThat($ticket->dateCreated, self::equalTo($this->ticketGatewayGeneratedFields->dateCreated));
         self::assertThat($ticket->lastChanged, self::equalTo($this->ticketGatewayGeneratedFields->dateModified));
+        self::assertThat($ticket->id, self::equalTo($this->ticketGatewayGeneratedFields->id));
+    }
+
+    function testItSetsTheDefaultStatus() {
+        //-- Act
+        $ticket = $this->ticketCreator->createTicketByCustomer($this->ticketRequest, $this->heskSettings, $this->modsForHeskSettings, $this->userContext);
+
+        //-- Assert
+        self::assertThat($ticket->statusId, self::equalTo(1));
+    }
+
+    function testItSetsTheDefaultProperties() {
+        //-- Act
+        $ticket = $this->ticketCreator->createTicketByCustomer($this->ticketRequest, $this->heskSettings, $this->modsForHeskSettings, $this->userContext);
+
+        //-- Assert
+        self::assertThat($ticket->archived, self::isFalse());
+        self::assertThat($ticket->locked, self::isFalse());
+        self::assertThat($ticket->openedBy, self::equalTo(0));
+        self::assertThat($ticket->numberOfReplies, self::equalTo(0));
+        self::assertThat($ticket->numberOfStaffReplies, self::equalTo(0));
+        self::assertThat($ticket->timeWorked, self::equalTo('00:00:00'));
+        self::assertThat($ticket->lastReplier, self::equalTo(0));
     }
 }