diff --git a/apps/contacts/lib/app.php b/apps/contacts/lib/app.php
index 29428763d60b538796dff255a16bb10704755ec8..b3a7abd28bcea169c8a07accd4855a17fb0ed1e8 100644
--- a/apps/contacts/lib/app.php
+++ b/apps/contacts/lib/app.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  * This class manages our app actions
  */
 OC_Contacts_App::$l10n = OC_L10N::get('contacts');
-OC_Contacts_App::$categories = new OC_VCategories('contacts');
 class OC_Contacts_App {
 	/*
 	 * @brief language object for calendar app
@@ -137,30 +136,54 @@ class OC_Contacts_App {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/*
+	/**
 	 * @brief returns the vcategories object of the user
 	 * @return (object) $vcategories
 	 */
 	protected static function getVCategories() {
 		if (is_null(self::$categories)) {
-			self::$categories = new OC_VCategories('contacts');
+			self::$categories = new OC_VCategories('contacts', null, self::getDefaultCategories());
 		}
 		return self::$categories;
 	}
 	
-	/*
+	/**
 	 * @brief returns the categories for the user
 	 * @return (Array) $categories
 	 */
 	public static function getCategories() {
-		$categories = self::$categories->categories();
+		$categories = self::getVCategories()->categories();
 		if(count($categories) == 0) {
 			self::scanCategories();
 			$categories = self::$categories->categories();
 		}
-		return $categories;
+		return ($categories ? $categories : self::getDefaultCategories());
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @brief returns the default categories of ownCloud
+	 * @return (array) $categories
+	 */
+	protected static function getDefaultCategories(){
+		return array(
+			(string)self::$l10n->t('Birthday'),
+			(string)self::$l10n->t('Business'),
+			(string)self::$l10n->t('Call'),
+			(string)self::$l10n->t('Clients'),
+			(string)self::$l10n->t('Deliverer'),
+			(string)self::$l10n->t('Holidays'),
+			(string)self::$l10n->t('Ideas'),
+			(string)self::$l10n->t('Journey'),
+			(string)self::$l10n->t('Jubilee'),
+			(string)self::$l10n->t('Meeting'),
+			(string)self::$l10n->t('Other'),
+			(string)self::$l10n->t('Personal'),
+			(string)self::$l10n->t('Projects'),
+			(string)self::$l10n->t('Questions'),
+			(string)self::$l10n->t('Work'),
+		);
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * scan vcards for categories.
 	 * @param $vccontacts VCards to scan. null to check all vcards for the current user.