diff --git a/src/core/Group.cpp b/src/core/Group.cpp
index dbe3d6b78..c7c12bfea 100644
--- a/src/core/Group.cpp
+++ b/src/core/Group.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
 const int Group::DefaultIconNumber = 48;
 const int Group::RecycleBinIconNumber = 43;
 
+Group::CloneFlags Group::DefaultCloneFlags = static_cast<Group::CloneFlags>(
+    Group::CloneNewUuid | Group::CloneResetTimeInfo | Group::CloneIncludeEntries);
+Entry::CloneFlags Group::DefaultEntryCloneFlags = static_cast<Entry::CloneFlags>(
+    Entry::CloneNewUuid | Entry::CloneResetTimeInfo);
+
 Group::Group()
     : m_updateTimeinfo(true)
 {
diff --git a/src/core/Group.h b/src/core/Group.h
index 6d309bdcf..eec376eeb 100644
--- a/src/core/Group.h
+++ b/src/core/Group.h
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ public:
 
     static const int DefaultIconNumber;
     static const int RecycleBinIconNumber;
+    static CloneFlags DefaultCloneFlags;
+    static Entry::CloneFlags DefaultEntryCloneFlags;
 
     Group* findChildByName(const QString& name);
     Group* findChildByUuid(const Uuid& uuid);
@@ -128,15 +130,13 @@ public:
     QList<Group*> groupsRecursive(bool includeSelf);
     QSet<Uuid> customIconsRecursive() const;
     /**
-     * Creates a duplicate of this group including all child entries and groups (if not shallow).
-     * The exceptions are that the returned group doesn't have a parent group
-     * and all TimeInfo attributes are set to the current time.
+     * Creates a duplicate of this group.
      * Note that you need to copy the custom icons manually when inserting the
      * new group into another database.
      */
-    Group* clone(Entry::CloneFlags entryFlags = Entry::CloneNewUuid | Entry::CloneResetTimeInfo,
-                 CloneFlags groupFlags = static_cast<CloneFlags>(Group::CloneNewUuid | Group::CloneResetTimeInfo |
-                                                                 Group::CloneIncludeEntries)) const;
+    Group* clone(
+        Entry::CloneFlags entryFlags = DefaultEntryCloneFlags, CloneFlags groupFlags = DefaultCloneFlags) const;
+
     void copyDataFrom(const Group* other);
     void merge(const Group* other);
     QString print(bool recursive = false, int depth = 0);