--- a/mod_pastebin/mod_pastebin.lua	Fri Sep 25 21:54:16 2009 +0100
+++ b/mod_pastebin/mod_pastebin.lua	Fri Sep 25 22:22:58 2009 +0100
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 local uuid_new = require "util.uuid".generate;
 local os_time = os.time;
 
-local length_threshold = config.get("*", "core", "pastebin_threshold");
+local length_threshold = config.get("*", "core", "pastebin_threshold") or 500;
 
 local base_url;