diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index ce785fda8..273d2acc1 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@ With thanks to:
   Eric Farris
   Bruce Dillahunty
   Askme Too
+  P.C. Shyamshankar
 
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4328f0266..cd3e249ec 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 
 ------ current release ---------------------------
 
+1.6.1 (4/22/2009)
+  + Fixed bug that caused new, first-time .taskrc files to be written without
+    including the custom report labels (thanks to P.C. Shyamshankar).
+
+------ old releases ------------------------------
+
 1.6.0 (4/12/2009)
   + Added support for new "append" command that adds more description text to
     an existing task.
@@ -43,8 +49,6 @@
   + Substitutions can now be made global with /from/to/g and all occurrences
     of "from" will be replaced with "to".
 
------- old releases ------------------------------
-
 1.5.0 (3/15/2009) 87be68e2e83d7bb628be1e5679b16a49a26d3549
   + Removed deprecated TUTORIAL file.
   + Removed "showage" configuration variable.
diff --git a/html/task.html b/html/task.html
index e0a62889d..cfd0fe0d7 100644
--- a/html/task.html
+++ b/html/task.html
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@
 
                 <h4>New in version 1.6.1 (4/22/2009)</h4>
                 <ul>
-                  <li>
+                  <li>Fixed bug that caused new, first-time .taskrc files to be written without
+                      including the custom report labels (thanks to P.C. Shyamshankar).
                 </ul>
 
                 <p>
diff --git a/src/Config.cpp b/src/Config.cpp
index 17206c1ae..5403accec 100644
--- a/src/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/Config.cpp
@@ -183,23 +183,28 @@ void Config::createDefault (const std::string& home)
         fprintf (out, "# Limit:         10\n");
 
         fprintf (out, "report.long.description=Lists all task, all data, matching the specified criteria\n");
+        fprintf (out, "report.long.labels=ID,Project,Pri,Added,Started,Due,Recur,Age,Tags,Description\n");
         fprintf (out, "report.long.columns=id,project,priority,entry,start,due,recur,age,tags,description\n");
         fprintf (out, "report.long.sort=due+,priority-,project+\n");
 
         fprintf (out, "report.list.description=Lists all tasks matching the specified criteria\n");
+        fprintf (out, "report.list.labels=ID,Project,Pri,Due,Active,Age,Description\n");
         fprintf (out, "report.list.columns=id,project,priority,due,active,age,description\n");
         fprintf (out, "report.list.sort=due+,priority-,project+\n");
 
         fprintf (out, "report.ls.description=Minimal listing of all tasks matching the specified criteria\n");
+        fprintf (out, "report.ls.labels=ID,Project,Pri,Description\n");
         fprintf (out, "report.ls.columns=id,project,priority,description\n");
         fprintf (out, "report.ls.sort=priority-,project+\n");
 
         fprintf (out, "report.newest.description=Shows the newest tasks\n");
+        fprintf (out, "report.newest.labels=ID,Project,Pri,Due,Active,Age,Description\n");
         fprintf (out, "report.newest.columns=id,project,priority,due,active,age,description\n");
         fprintf (out, "report.newest.sort=id-\n");
         fprintf (out, "report.newest.limit=10\n");
 
         fprintf (out, "report.oldest.description=Shows the oldest tasks\n");
+        fprintf (out, "report.oldest.labels=ID,Project,Pri,Due,Active,Age,Description\n");
         fprintf (out, "report.oldest.columns=id,project,priority,due,active,age,description\n");
         fprintf (out, "report.oldest.sort=id+\n");
         fprintf (out, "report.oldest.limit=10\n");