diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/configs/constants.php b/airtime_mvc/application/configs/constants.php
index 4b6ff1695..f498e8628 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/configs/constants.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/configs/constants.php
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ define('PROVISIONING_STATUS_ACTIVE' , 'Active');
 //TuneIn integration
 define("TUNEIN_API_URL", "http://air.radiotime.com/Playing.ashx");
 
+// SoundCloud
+define('DEFAULT_SOUNDCLOUD_LICENSE_TYPE', 'all-rights-reserved');
+define('DEFAULT_SOUNDCLOUD_SHARING_TYPE', 'public');
+
 // Celery
 define('CELERY_PENDING_STATUS', 'PENDING');
 define('CELERY_SUCCESS_STATUS', 'SUCCESS');
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/forms/SoundCloudPreferences.php b/airtime_mvc/application/forms/SoundCloudPreferences.php
index 591e811e8..987244ced 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/forms/SoundCloudPreferences.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/forms/SoundCloudPreferences.php
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ class Application_Form_SoundcloudPreferences extends Zend_Form_SubForm
         $select->setLabel(_('Default License:'));
         $select->setAttrib('class', 'input_select');
         $select->setMultiOptions(array(
-                                     "no-rights-reserved" => _("The work is in the public domain"),
                                      "all-rights-reserved" => _("All rights are reserved"),
+                                     "no-rights-reserved" => _("The work is in the public domain"),
                                      "cc-by" => _("Creative Commons Attribution"),
                                      "cc-by-nc" => _("Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial"),
                                      "cc-by-nd" => _("Creative Commons Attribution No Derivative Works"),
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Preference.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Preference.php
index bc5746b8e..cbcd0491e 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/Preference.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/Preference.php
@@ -1452,7 +1452,9 @@ class Application_Model_Preference
     // SoundCloud
 
     public static function getDefaultSoundCloudLicenseType() {
-        return self::getValue("soundcloud_license_type");
+        $val = self::getValue("soundcloud_license_type");
+        // If we don't have a value set, return all-rights-reserved by default
+        return empty($val) ? DEFAULT_SOUNDCLOUD_LICENSE_TYPE : $val;
     }
 
     public static function setDefaultSoundCloudLicenseType($value) {
@@ -1460,7 +1462,9 @@ class Application_Model_Preference
     }
 
     public static function getDefaultSoundCloudSharingType() {
-        return self::getValue("soundcloud_sharing_type");
+        $val = self::getValue("soundcloud_sharing_type");
+        // If we don't have a value set, return public by default
+        return empty($val) ? DEFAULT_SOUNDCLOUD_SHARING_TYPE : $val;
     }
 
     public static function setDefaultSoundCloudSharingType($value) {
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/services/SoundcloudService.php b/airtime_mvc/application/services/SoundcloudService.php
index 494eeaf29..8e946375e 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/services/SoundcloudService.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/services/SoundcloudService.php
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ class SoundcloudService extends ThirdPartyCeleryService implements OAuth2 {
      */
     protected function _getUploadData($file) {
         $file = $file->getPropelOrm();
-        // TODO: Move this into a proper serializer
         $trackArray = $this->_serializeTrack($file);
         foreach (self::$_SOUNDCLOUD_PREF_FUNCTIONS as $func => $param) {
             $val = Application_Model_Preference::$func();
@@ -87,15 +86,18 @@ class SoundcloudService extends ThirdPartyCeleryService implements OAuth2 {
      * Ignores any null fields, as these will cause the upload to throw a 422
      * Unprocessable Entity error
      *
+     * TODO: Move this into a proper serializer
+     *
      * @param $file CcFiles file object
      *
      * @return array the serialized data
      */
     protected function _serializeTrack($file) {
         $fileData = array(
-            'title' => $file->getDbTrackTitle(),
-            'genre' => $file->getDbGenre(),
-            'bpm'   => $file->getDbBpm(),
+            'title'         => $file->getDbTrackTitle(),
+            'genre'         => $file->getDbGenre(),
+            'bpm'           => $file->getDbBpm(),
+            'release_year'  => $file->getDbYear(),
         );
         $trackArray = array();
         foreach ($fileData as $k => $v) {
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ class SoundcloudService extends ThirdPartyCeleryService implements OAuth2 {
 
     /**
      * Update a ThirdPartyTrackReferences object for a completed upload
+     *
      * TODO: should we have a database layer class to handle Propel operations?
      *
      * @param $trackId int    ThirdPartyTrackReferences identifier