diff --git a/addons/account/account_move_line.py b/addons/account/account_move_line.py
index 91a15e8189e..c7eb101f77c 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_move_line.py
+++ b/addons/account/account_move_line.py
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ class account_move_line(osv.osv):
         'date_created': lambda *a: time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d'),
         'state': 'draft',
         'currency_id': _get_currency,
-        'journal_id': lambda self, cr, uid, c: c.get('journal_id', False),
+        'journal_id': lambda self, cr, uid, c: c.get('journal_id', c.get('journal',False)),
         'account_id': lambda self, cr, uid, c: c.get('account_id', False),
         'period_id': lambda self, cr, uid, c: c.get('period_id', False),
         'company_id': lambda self, cr, uid, c: self.pool.get('res.company')._company_default_get(cr, uid, 'account.move.line', context=c)
diff --git a/addons/account/account_view.xml b/addons/account/account_view.xml
index 1812e800880..668ae4763d6 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account/account_view.xml
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@
                     </group>
                     <notebook colspan="4">
                         <page string="Journal Items">
-                            <field colspan="4" name="line_id" nolabel="1" height="250" widget="one2many_list" default_get="{'lines':line_id ,'journal':journal_id }">
+                            <field colspan="4" name="line_id" nolabel="1" height="250" widget="one2many_list" default_get="{'lines':line_id , 'journal':journal_id, 'period_id':period_id}">
                                 <form string="Journal Item">
                                     <group col="6" colspan="4">
                                         <field name="name"/>