diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Cron/Api/SettingsController.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Cron/Api/SettingsController.php
index 5232e8480..eba3c8390 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Cron/Api/SettingsController.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Cron/Api/SettingsController.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class SettingsController extends ApiMutableModelControllerBase
                 if ($node != null) {
                     $result = array("result" => "failed", "validations" => array());
                     $jobInfo = $this->request->getPost("job");
-                    if ($node->origin->__toString() != "cron") {
+                    if ((string)$node->origin != "cron") {
                         if ($jobInfo["command"] != (string)$node->command) {
                             $result["validations"]["job.command"] = gettext("This item has been created by " .
                                 "another service, command and parameter may not be changed.");
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class SettingsController extends ApiMutableModelControllerBase
                         if ($jobInfo["parameters"] != (string)$node->parameters) {
                             $result["validations"]["job.parameters"] = sprintf(gettext("This item has been created by " .
                                 "another service, command and parameter may not be changed. (was: %s)"),
-                                (String)$node->parameters);
+                                (string)$node->parameters);
                         }
                     }
 
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Cron/Cron.xml b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Cron/Cron.xml
index 472949b74..781587908 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Cron/Cron.xml
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Cron/Cron.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 <model>
     <mount>//OPNsense/cron</mount>
-    <version>1.0.0</version>
+    <version>1.0.1</version>
     <description>Cron settings</description>
     <items>
         <jobs>
             <job type="ArrayField">
                 <origin type="TextField">
                     <Required>Y</Required>
+                    <default>cron</default>
                     <mask>/^([a-z,A-Z,1-9]){0,30}$/</mask>
                     <ValidationMessage>Origin should be regular text of max 30 characters.</ValidationMessage>
                 </origin>