diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
index d085ef73fc..5b69b06d65 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_ui.inc.php
@@ -44,6 +44,26 @@ class addressbook_ui extends addressbook_bo
 	 */
 	protected $config;
 
+	/**
+	 * Fields to copy, default if nothing specified in config
+	 * 
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	static public $copy_fields = array(
+		'org_name',
+		'org_unit',
+		'adr_one_street',
+		'adr_one_street2',
+		'adr_one_locality',
+		'adr_one_region',
+		'adr_one_postalcode',
+		'adr_one_countryname',
+		'email',
+		'url',
+		'tel_work',
+		'cat_id'
+	);
+
 	/**
 	 * Constructor
 	 *
@@ -80,6 +100,10 @@ class addressbook_ui extends addressbook_bo
 		{
 			$this->config['contact_export_limit'] = $this->config['export_limit'];
 		}
+		if ($this->config['copy_fields'] && ($fields = unserialize($this->config['copy_fields'])))
+		{
+			self::$copy_fields = $fields;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -1379,10 +1403,9 @@ class addressbook_ui extends addressbook_bo
 					$GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['account_firstname'],$GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['account_lastname']),
 					$content['id']));
 				// create a new contact with the content of the old
-				$copy_fields = unserialize($this->config['copy_fields']);
 				foreach($content as $key => $value)
 				{
-					if(!in_array($key, $copy_fields) || in_array($key, array('etag')))
+					if(!in_array($key, self::$copy_fields) || in_array($key, array('etag')))
 					{
 						unset($content[$key]);
 					}
diff --git a/addressbook/inc/hook_config.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/hook_config.inc.php
index 0dd9e3350d..231bd78542 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/hook_config.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/hook_config.inc.php
@@ -140,22 +140,9 @@ function copy_fields($config)
 			$fields['#'.$name] = $data['label'];
 		}
 	}
-	$default = array(
-		'org_name',
-		'org_unit',
-		'adr_one_street',
-		'adr_one_street2',
-		'adr_one_locality',
-		'adr_one_region',
-		'adr_one_postalcode',
-		'adr_one_countryname',
-		'email',
-		'url',
-		'tel_work',
-		'cat_id'
-	);
+
 	return html::checkbox_multiselect('newsettings[copy_fields]',
-		$config['copy_fields'] ? $config['copy_fields'] : $default,
+		$config['copy_fields'] ? $config['copy_fields'] : addressbook_ui::$copy_fields,
 		$fields,true,'',4
 	);
 }
diff --git a/addressbook/lang/egw_de.lang b/addressbook/lang/egw_de.lang
index 7204a25cbe..0fc321008f 100644
--- a/addressbook/lang/egw_de.lang
+++ b/addressbook/lang/egw_de.lang
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ field %1 has been updated !	addressbook	de	Feld %1 wurde aktualisiert !
 field name	addressbook	de	Feldname
 fields for the csv export	addressbook	de	Felder für den CSV Export
 fields the user is allowed to edit himself	admin	de	Felder, die der Benutzer selbst bearbeiten darf
+fields to copy when copying an address?	admin	de	Welche Felder sollen beim Kopieren berücksichtigt werden?
 fields to show in address list	addressbook	de	Felder, die in der Adressliste angezeigt werden sollen
 fieldseparator	addressbook	de	Feldtrenner
 fieldseperator	addressbook	de	Feldtrenner
diff --git a/addressbook/lang/egw_en.lang b/addressbook/lang/egw_en.lang
index 3bcc0f4677..47f9642d1e 100644
--- a/addressbook/lang/egw_en.lang
+++ b/addressbook/lang/egw_en.lang
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ field %1 has been updated !	addressbook	en	Field %1 has been updated !
 field name	addressbook	en	Field Name
 fields for the csv export	addressbook	en	Fields for the CSV export
 fields the user is allowed to edit himself	admin	en	Fields the user is allowed to edit himself
+fields to copy when copying an address?	admin	en	Fields to copy when copying an address?
 fields to show in address list	addressbook	en	Fields to show in address list
 fieldseparator	addressbook	en	Fieldseparator
 fieldseperator	addressbook	en	Fieldseperator