diff --git a/addons/website/models/res_config.py b/addons/website/models/res_config.py
index 9823d286f37..1ae491388a3 100644
--- a/addons/website/models/res_config.py
+++ b/addons/website/models/res_config.py
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ class website_config_settings(osv.osv_memory):
                 values[fname] = v[0] if v and self._columns[fname]._type == 'many2one' else v
         return {'value' : values}
 
+    # FIXME in trunk for god sake. Change the fields above to fields.char instead of fields.related, 
+    # and create the function set_website who will set the value on the website_id
+    # create does not forward the values to the related many2one. Write does.
+    def create(self, cr, uid, vals, context=None):
+        config_id = super(website_config_settings, self).create(cr, uid, vals, context=context)
+        self.write(cr, uid, config_id, vals, context=context)
+        return config_id
+
     _defaults = {
         'website_id': lambda self,cr,uid,c: self.pool.get('website').search(cr, uid, [], context=c)[0],
     }