diff --git a/WikiServer.go b/WikiServer.go
index fde6b4f..eb324b4 100644
--- a/WikiServer.go
+++ b/WikiServer.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package yatwiki3
 
 import (
+	"database/sql"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
@@ -28,6 +29,14 @@ func NewWikiServer(opts *ServerOptions) (*WikiServer, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	tr, err := wdb.TotalRevisions()
+	if (err == nil && tr == 0) || err == sql.ErrNoRows {
+		err := wdb.SaveArticle(opts.DefaultPage, `YATWiki3`, "", 0)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	tmpl, err := template.New("yatwiki/page").Parse(pageTemplate)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err