diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b300b217..f47b7150 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 - [#370](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/370): Define the tags and categories as reserved keywords for custom taxonomy
 - [#372](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/372): Rename Taxonomy tab to Taxonomies
 - [#374](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/374): Hide the front matter section to use the panel instead
+- [#385](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/385): If no default value for the draft field is defined, the field value will be set to `true`
 
 ### ⚡️ Optimizations
 
diff --git a/src/helpers/ContentType.ts b/src/helpers/ContentType.ts
index a407887c..3a54d6fb 100644
--- a/src/helpers/ContentType.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/ContentType.ts
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ export class ContentType {
     
     if (obj.fields) {
       const dateFormat = Settings.get(SETTING_DATE_FORMAT) as string;
+      
       for (const field of obj.fields) {
         if (field.name === "title") {
           if (field.default) {
@@ -595,8 +596,16 @@ export class ContentType {
             if (typeof defaultValue === "string") {
               data[field.name] = processKnownPlaceholders(defaultValue, titleValue, dateFormat);
               data[field.name] = await ArticleHelper.processCustomPlaceholders(data[field.name], titleValue, filePath);
+            } else if (typeof defaultValue !== "undefined") {
+              data[field.name] = defaultValue;
             } else {
-              data[field.name] = typeof defaultValue !== "undefined" ? defaultValue : "";
+              const draftField = ContentType.getDraftField();
+
+              if (field.type === "draft" && (draftField?.type === "boolean" || draftField?.type === undefined)) {
+                data[field.name] = true;
+              } else {
+                data[field.name] = "";
+              }
             }
           }
         }