diff --git a/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure.Tests/AzurePersistenceConfigSpec.cs b/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure.Tests/AzurePersistenceConfigSpec.cs
index cbbf699..b6685c6 100644
--- a/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure.Tests/AzurePersistenceConfigSpec.cs
+++ b/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure.Tests/AzurePersistenceConfigSpec.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,19 @@ public void ShouldParseDefaultSnapshotConfig()
             blobSettings.RequestTimeout.Should().Be(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
             blobSettings.VerboseLogging.Should().BeFalse();
         }
+        
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldProvideDefaultContainerNameValue()
+        {
+            var blobSettings =
+                AzureBlobSnapshotStoreSettings.Create(
+                    ConfigurationFactory.ParseString(@"akka.persistence.snapshot-store.azure-blob-store{
+                        connection-string = foo
+                    }").WithFallback(AzurePersistence.DefaultConfig)
+                        .GetConfig("akka.persistence.snapshot-store.azure-blob-store"));
+
+            blobSettings.ContainerName.Should().Be("akka-persistence-default-container");
+        }
 
         [Fact]
         public void ShouldParseTableConfig()
@@ -61,6 +74,18 @@ public void ShouldParseTableConfig()
             tableSettings.VerboseLogging.Should().BeFalse();
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldProvideDefaultTableNameValue()
+        {
+            var tableSettings =
+                AzureTableStorageJournalSettings.Create(
+                    ConfigurationFactory.ParseString(@"akka.persistence.journal.azure-table{
+                        connection-string = foo
+                    }").WithFallback(AzurePersistence.DefaultConfig)
+                        .GetConfig("akka.persistence.journal.azure-table"));
+            tableSettings.TableName.Should().Be("AkkaPersistenceDefaultTable");
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void ShouldParseQueryConfig()
         {
diff --git a/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure/Journal/AzureTableStorageJournalSettings.cs b/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure/Journal/AzureTableStorageJournalSettings.cs
index 67b47be..1d7f1bc 100644
--- a/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure/Journal/AzureTableStorageJournalSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure/Journal/AzureTableStorageJournalSettings.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ namespace Akka.Persistence.Azure.Journal
     /// </summary>
     public sealed class AzureTableStorageJournalSettings
     {
-
         private static readonly string[] ReservedTableNames = {"tables"};
         
         public AzureTableStorageJournalSettings(
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ public static AzureTableStorageJournalSettings Create(Config config)
             var connectTimeout = config.GetTimeSpan("connect-timeout", TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
             var requestTimeout = config.GetTimeSpan("request-timeout", TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
             var verbose = config.GetBoolean("verbose-logging", false);
-
             return new AzureTableStorageJournalSettings(
                 connectionString, 
                 tableName, 
diff --git a/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure/Snapshot/AzureBlobSnapshotStoreSettings.cs b/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure/Snapshot/AzureBlobSnapshotStoreSettings.cs
index 8cf2512..b885911 100644
--- a/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure/Snapshot/AzureBlobSnapshotStoreSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure/Snapshot/AzureBlobSnapshotStoreSettings.cs
@@ -61,11 +61,15 @@ public AzureBlobSnapshotStoreSettings(string connectionString, string containerN
         public static AzureBlobSnapshotStoreSettings Create(Config config)
         {
             var connectionString = config.GetString("connection-string");
-            var containerName = config.GetString("container-name");
             var connectTimeout = config.GetTimeSpan("connect-timeout", TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
             var requestTimeout = config.GetTimeSpan("request-timeout", TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
             var verbose = config.GetBoolean("verbose-logging", false);
-            return new AzureBlobSnapshotStoreSettings(connectionString, containerName, connectTimeout, requestTimeout,
+            var containerName = config.GetString("container-name");
+            return new AzureBlobSnapshotStoreSettings(
+                connectionString, 
+                containerName, 
+                connectTimeout, 
+                requestTimeout, 
                 verbose);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure/reference.conf b/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure/reference.conf
index 8ed299f..39fb63f 100644
--- a/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure/reference.conf
+++ b/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure/reference.conf
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ akka.persistence {
       connection-string = ""
 
 	  # the name of the Windows Azure Table used to persist journal events
-	  table-name = ""
+	  table-name = "AkkaPersistenceDefaultTable"
 
 	  #  Initial timeout to use when connecting to Azure Storage for the first time.
 	  connect-timeout = 3s
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ akka.persistence {
       connection-string = ""	      
 
       # the name of the Windows Azure Blob Store container used to persist snapshots
-	  container-name = ""
+	  container-name = "akka-persistence-default-container"
 
 	  #  Initial timeout to use when connecting to Azure Storage for the first time.
 	  connect-timeout = 3s