diff --git a/core/server/models/base/index.js b/core/server/models/base/index.js
index 99324a0096..34a228625c 100644
--- a/core/server/models/base/index.js
+++ b/core/server/models/base/index.js
@@ -328,9 +328,27 @@ ghostBookshelf.Model = ghostBookshelf.Model.extend({
             }
         }
 
-        model._changed = _.cloneDeep(model.changed);
+        return Promise.resolve(this.onValidate(model, attr, options))
+            .then(() => {
+                /**
+                 * @NOTE:
+                 *
+                 * The API requires only specific attributes to send. If we don't set the rest explicitly to null,
+                 * we end up in a situation that on "created" events the field set is incomplete, which is super confusing
+                 * and hard to work with if you trigger internal events, which rely on full field set. This ensures consistency.
+                 *
+                 * @NOTE:
+                 *
+                 * Happens after validation to ensure we don't set fields which are not nullable on db level.
+                 */
+                _.each(Object.keys(schema.tables[this.tableName]), (columnKey) => {
+                    if (model.get(columnKey) === undefined) {
+                        model.set(columnKey, null);
+                    }
+                });
 
-        return Promise.resolve(this.onValidate(model, attr, options));
+                model._changed = _.cloneDeep(model.changed);
+            });
     },
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/test/acceptance/old/admin/tags_spec.js b/core/test/acceptance/old/admin/tags_spec.js
index 9a4e65eaa6..6553ba82da 100644
--- a/core/test/acceptance/old/admin/tags_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/acceptance/old/admin/tags_spec.js
@@ -99,13 +99,8 @@ describe('Tag API', function () {
                 should.exist(jsonResponse);
                 should.exist(jsonResponse.tags);
                 jsonResponse.tags.should.have.length(1);
-                // @TODO: model layer has no defaults for these properties
-                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.tags[0], 'tag', ['url'], [
-                    'feature_image',
-                    'meta_description',
-                    'meta_title',
-                    'parent'
-                ]);
+
+                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.tags[0], 'tag', ['url']);
                 testUtils.API.isISO8601(jsonResponse.tags[0].created_at).should.be.true();
             });
     });
diff --git a/core/test/acceptance/old/admin/utils.js b/core/test/acceptance/old/admin/utils.js
index 318cb5c1d2..455b5c9ab5 100644
--- a/core/test/acceptance/old/admin/utils.js
+++ b/core/test/acceptance/old/admin/utils.js
@@ -61,14 +61,6 @@ const expectedProperties = {
     ,
     webhook: _(schema.webhooks)
             .keys()
-            .without(
-                'name',
-                'last_triggered_at',
-                'last_triggered_error',
-                'last_triggered_status',
-                'secret',
-                'integration_id'
-            )
 };
 
 _.each(expectedProperties, (value, key) => {
diff --git a/core/test/acceptance/old/admin/webhooks_spec.js b/core/test/acceptance/old/admin/webhooks_spec.js
index a916123d9b..4d8889cd0b 100644
--- a/core/test/acceptance/old/admin/webhooks_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/acceptance/old/admin/webhooks_spec.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe('Webhooks API', function () {
 
                 should.exist(jsonResponse.webhooks);
 
-                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.webhooks[0], 'webhook', ['name', 'secret']);
+                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.webhooks[0], 'webhook');
 
                 jsonResponse.webhooks[0].event.should.equal(webhookData.event);
                 jsonResponse.webhooks[0].target_url.should.equal(webhookData.target_url);
diff --git a/core/test/regression/api/v0.1/tags_spec.js b/core/test/regression/api/v0.1/tags_spec.js
index cd0b079cf1..56c74189dc 100644
--- a/core/test/regression/api/v0.1/tags_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/regression/api/v0.1/tags_spec.js
@@ -88,13 +88,8 @@ describe('Tag API', function () {
                 should.exist(jsonResponse);
                 should.exist(jsonResponse.tags);
                 jsonResponse.tags.should.have.length(1);
-                // @TODO: model layer has no defaults for these properties
-                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.tags[0], 'tag', null, [
-                    'feature_image',
-                    'meta_description',
-                    'meta_title',
-                    'parent'
-                ]);
+
+                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.tags[0], 'tag');
                 testUtils.API.isISO8601(jsonResponse.tags[0].created_at).should.be.true();
             });
     });
diff --git a/core/test/regression/api/v0.1/utils.js b/core/test/regression/api/v0.1/utils.js
index 9b77e024cc..8100dfaba3 100644
--- a/core/test/regression/api/v0.1/utils.js
+++ b/core/test/regression/api/v0.1/utils.js
@@ -72,14 +72,6 @@ const expectedProperties = {
     webhook: {
         default: _(schema.webhooks)
             .keys()
-            .without(
-                'name',
-                'last_triggered_at',
-                'last_triggered_error',
-                'last_triggered_status',
-                'secret',
-                'integration_id'
-            )
             .value()
     }
 };
diff --git a/core/test/regression/api/v2/admin/utils.js b/core/test/regression/api/v2/admin/utils.js
index 100943e7e7..cff21dd144 100644
--- a/core/test/regression/api/v2/admin/utils.js
+++ b/core/test/regression/api/v2/admin/utils.js
@@ -58,14 +58,6 @@ const expectedProperties = {
     ,
     webhook: _(schema.webhooks)
             .keys()
-            .without(
-                'name',
-                'last_triggered_at',
-                'last_triggered_error',
-                'last_triggered_status',
-                'secret',
-                'integration_id'
-            )
 };
 
 _.each(expectedProperties, (value, key) => {