diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 575cc1f..952ecf4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 ## [unreleased] - XXXX-XX-XX
 
 * Added --version option
+* Improved quickstart:
+  * respective default answers will be written to config if user provided no
+    answer
+  * added tests for quickstart
 
 ## [1.3.1] - 2022-06-10
 
diff --git a/blag/blag.py b/blag/blag.py
index 32c6338..3c0a908 100644
--- a/blag/blag.py
+++ b/blag/blag.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import feedgenerator
 from blag.markdown import markdown_factory, convert_markdown
 from blag.devserver import serve
 from blag.version import __VERSION__
+from blag.quickstart import quickstart
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 logging.basicConfig(
@@ -425,33 +426,5 @@ def generate_tags(articles, tags_template, tag_template, output_dir):
             fh.write(result)
 
 
-def quickstart(args):
-    """Quickstart.
-
-    This method asks the user some questions and generates a
-    configuration file that is needed in order to run blag.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    args : argparse.Namespace
-
-    """
-    base_url = input("Hostname (and path) to the root? "
-                     "[https://example.com/]: ")
-    title = input("Title of your website? ")
-    description = input("Description of your website [John Doe's Blog]? ")
-    author = input("Author of your website [John Doe]? ")
-
-    config = configparser.ConfigParser()
-    config['main'] = {
-            'base_url': base_url,
-            'title': title,
-            'description': description,
-            'author': author,
-    }
-    with open('config.ini', 'w') as fh:
-        config.write(fh)
-
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/blag/quickstart.py b/blag/quickstart.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00b4725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blag/quickstart.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+"""Helper methods for blag's quickstart command.
+
+"""
+
+import configparser
+
+
+def get_input(question, default):
+    """Prompt for user input.
+
+    This is a wrapper around the input-builtin. It will show the default answer
+    in the prompt and -- if no answer was given -- use the default.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    question : str
+        the question the user is presented
+    default : str
+        the default value that will be used if no answer was given
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+
+    """
+    reply = input(f"{question} [{default}]: ")
+    if not reply:
+        reply = default
+    return reply
+
+
+def quickstart(args):
+    """Quickstart.
+
+    This method asks the user some questions and generates a
+    configuration file that is needed in order to run blag.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    args : argparse.Namespace
+
+    """
+    base_url = get_input(
+        "Hostname (and path) to the root?",
+        "https://example.com/",
+    )
+    title = get_input(
+        "Title of your website?",
+        "My little blog",
+    )
+    description = get_input(
+        "Description of your website?",
+        "John Doe's Blog",
+    )
+    author = get_input(
+        "Author of your website",
+        "John Doe",
+    )
+
+    config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+    config['main'] = {
+            'base_url': base_url,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': description,
+            'author': author,
+    }
+    with open('config.ini', 'w') as fh:
+        config.write(fh)
diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index 6a6e941..f856c26 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ API
    blag.blag
    blag.markdown
    blag.devserver
+   blag.quickstart
diff --git a/tests/test_quickstart.py b/tests/test_quickstart.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4594497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_quickstart.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+from blag.quickstart import get_input, quickstart
+
+
+def test_get_input_default_answer(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr('builtins.input', lambda x: '')
+    answer = get_input("foo", "bar")
+    assert answer == 'bar'
+
+
+def test_get_input(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr('builtins.input', lambda x: 'baz')
+    answer = get_input("foo", "bar")
+    assert answer == 'baz'
+
+
+def test_quickstart(cleandir, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr('builtins.input', lambda x: 'foo')
+    quickstart(None)
+    with open('config.ini', 'r') as fh:
+        data = fh.read()
+    assert 'base_url = foo' in data
+    assert 'title = foo' in data
+    assert 'description = foo' in data
+    assert 'author = foo' in data