diff --git a/jspoon/src/main/java/pl/droidsonroids/jspoon/HtmlField.java b/jspoon/src/main/java/pl/droidsonroids/jspoon/HtmlField.java
index 452a7a1..0d7671f 100644
--- a/jspoon/src/main/java/pl/droidsonroids/jspoon/HtmlField.java
+++ b/jspoon/src/main/java/pl/droidsonroids/jspoon/HtmlField.java
@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@ private <U> String getValue(Element node, Class<U> fieldType) {
                 if (value == null || value.isEmpty()) {
                     value = spec.getDefaultValue();
                 }
+            } else {
+                value = spec.getDefaultValue();
             }
+
         }
         return value;
     }
@@ -191,4 +194,4 @@ private Float getFloat(String value) {
             throw new FloatParseException(value, spec.getLocale());
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/jspoon/src/test/java/pl/droidsonroids/jspoon/RegexTest.java b/jspoon/src/test/java/pl/droidsonroids/jspoon/RegexTest.java
index 5f4f26a..951bd84 100644
--- a/jspoon/src/test/java/pl/droidsonroids/jspoon/RegexTest.java
+++ b/jspoon/src/test/java/pl/droidsonroids/jspoon/RegexTest.java
@@ -19,13 +19,26 @@ public void setUp() {
     }
 
     private static class RegexModel {
-        @Selector(value = "div", format = "([a-z]+),") String number;
+        @Selector(value = "div", regex = "([a-z]+),") String number;
     }
 
+    private static class RegexModelDefault {
+        @Selector(value = "div", regex = "(\\d+)", defValue = "1") int number;
+    }
+
+
     @Test
     public void regexTest() {
         HtmlAdapter<RegexModel> htmlAdapter = jspoon.adapter(RegexModel.class);
         RegexModel regexModel = htmlAdapter.fromHtml(HTML_CONTENT);
         assertEquals(regexModel.number, "three");
     }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void regexDefaultTest() {
+        HtmlAdapter<RegexModelDefault> htmlAdapter = jspoon.adapter(RegexModelDefault.class);
+        RegexModelDefault regexModelDefault = htmlAdapter.fromHtml(HTML_CONTENT);
+        assertEquals(regexModelDefault.number, 1);
+    }
 }