diff --git a/backends/database.js b/backends/database.js
index b3724098..f85c6268 100644
--- a/backends/database.js
+++ b/backends/database.js
@@ -36,6 +36,38 @@ module.exports = class Database extends Observable {
       }
     }
     await this.commit();
+    await this.initializeSingles();
+  }
+
+  async initializeSingles() {
+    let singleDoctypes = frappe
+      .getModels(model => model.isSingle)
+      .map(model => model.name);
+
+    for (let doctype of singleDoctypes) {
+      if (await this.singleExists(doctype)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      let meta = frappe.getMeta(doctype);
+      if (meta.fields.every(df => df.default == null)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      let defaultValues = meta.fields.reduce((doc, df) => {
+        if (df.default != null) {
+          doc[df.fieldname] = df.default;
+        }
+        return doc;
+      }, {});
+      await this.updateSingle(doctype, defaultValues);
+    }
+  }
+
+  async singleExists(doctype) {
+    let res = await this.knex('SingleValue')
+      .count('parent as count')
+      .where('parent', doctype)
+      .first();
+    return res.count > 0;
   }
 
   tableExists(table) {
@@ -245,7 +277,7 @@ module.exports = class Database extends Observable {
 
     // insert parent
     if (meta.isSingle) {
-      await this.updateSingle(meta, doc, doctype);
+      await this.updateSingle(doctype, doc);
     } else {
       await this.insertOne(baseDoctype, doc);
     }
@@ -288,7 +320,7 @@ module.exports = class Database extends Observable {
 
     // update parent
     if (meta.isSingle) {
-      await this.updateSingle(meta, doc, doctype);
+      await this.updateSingle(doctype, doc);
     } else {
       await this.updateOne(baseDoctype, doc);
     }
@@ -348,11 +380,12 @@ module.exports = class Database extends Observable {
       .delete();
   }
 
-  async updateSingle(meta, doc, doctype) {
+  async updateSingle(doctype, doc) {
+    let meta = frappe.getMeta(doctype);
     await this.deleteSingleValues(doctype);
     for (let field of meta.getValidFields({ withChildren: false })) {
       let value = doc[field.fieldname];
-      if (value) {
+      if (value != null) {
         let singleValue = frappe.newDoc({
           doctype: 'SingleValue',
           parent: doctype,
diff --git a/model/document.js b/model/document.js
index 8378d0b4..5f30091f 100644
--- a/model/document.js
+++ b/model/document.js
@@ -86,19 +86,19 @@ module.exports = class BaseDocument extends Observable {
       if (this.meta.isChild && this.parentdoc) {
         await this.parentdoc.applyChange(this.parentfield);
       } else {
-      await this.applyChange(fieldname);
+        await this.applyChange(fieldname);
+      }
     }
   }
-  }
 
   async applyChange(fieldname) {
     await this.applyFormula(fieldname);
     this.roundFloats();
-      await this.trigger('change', {
-        doc: this,
-        changed: fieldname
-      });
-    }
+    await this.trigger('change', {
+      doc: this,
+      changed: fieldname
+    });
+  }
 
   setDefaults() {
     for (let field of this.meta.fields) {
@@ -121,6 +121,21 @@ module.exports = class BaseDocument extends Observable {
     }
   }
 
+  castValues() {
+    for (let field of this.meta.fields) {
+      let value = this[field.fieldname];
+      if (value == null) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (['Int', 'Check'].includes(field.fieldtype)) {
+        value = parseInt(value, 10);
+      } else if (['Float', 'Currency'].includes(field.fieldtype)) {
+        value = parseFloat(value);
+      }
+      this[field.fieldname] = value;
+    }
+  }
+
   setKeywords() {
     let keywords = [];
     for (let fieldname of this.meta.getKeywordFields()) {
@@ -229,6 +244,7 @@ module.exports = class BaseDocument extends Observable {
       this.syncValues(data);
       if (this.meta.isSingle) {
         this.setDefaults();
+        this.castValues();
       }
       await this.loadLinks();
     } else {
@@ -249,13 +265,13 @@ module.exports = class BaseDocument extends Observable {
   async loadLink(fieldname) {
     this._links = this._links || {};
     let df = this.meta.getField(fieldname);
-      if (this[df.fieldname]) {
-        this._links[df.fieldname] = await frappe.getDoc(
-          df.target,
-          this[df.fieldname]
-        );
-      }
+    if (this[df.fieldname]) {
+      this._links[df.fieldname] = await frappe.getDoc(
+        df.target,
+        this[df.fieldname]
+      );
     }
+  }
 
   getLink(fieldname) {
     return this._links ? this._links[fieldname] : null;
diff --git a/model/meta.js b/model/meta.js
index 65edf0d8..9696ab3c 100644
--- a/model/meta.js
+++ b/model/meta.js
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ module.exports = class BaseMeta extends BaseDocument {
 
       // attach default precision to Float and Currency
       if (['Float', 'Currency'].includes(df.fieldtype)) {
-        let defaultPrecision = frappe.SystemSettings ? frappe.SystemSettings.floatPrecision : 2;
+        let defaultPrecision = frappe.SystemSettings
+          ? frappe.SystemSettings.floatPrecision
+          : 2;
         df.precision = df.precision || defaultPrecision;
       }
       return df;