diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Content.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Content.cs
index a94b6e45dc..fe7d5fdb25 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Content.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Content.cs
@@ -512,6 +512,9 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic
 
             Guid newVersion = Guid.NewGuid();
             bool tempHasVersion = hasVersion();
+
+            // we need to ensure that a version in the db exist before we add related data
+            SqlHelper.ExecuteNonQuery("Insert into cmsContentVersion (ContentId,versionId) values (" + this.Id + ",'" + newVersion + "')");
             foreach (propertytype.PropertyType pt in this.ContentType.PropertyTypes)
             {
                 object oldValue = "";
@@ -526,7 +529,6 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic
                 property.Property p = this.addProperty(pt, newVersion);
                 if (oldValue != null && oldValue.ToString() != "") p.Value = oldValue;
             }
-            SqlHelper.ExecuteNonQuery("Insert into cmsContentVersion (ContentId,versionId) values (" + this.Id + ",'" + newVersion + "')");
             this.Version = newVersion;
             return newVersion;
         }
diff --git a/src/umbraco.presentation/web.Template.UMBRACOELISE.Debug.config b/src/umbraco.presentation/web.Template.UMBRACOELISE.Debug.config
index 4b2e4bb8da..124bf94e8e 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.presentation/web.Template.UMBRACOELISE.Debug.config
+++ b/src/umbraco.presentation/web.Template.UMBRACOELISE.Debug.config
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 
   <appSettings>
     <add xdt:Transform="Replace" xdt:Locator="Match(key)" key="umbracoDbDSN"
-         value="server=.\sqlexpress;database=v47;user id=DBUSER;password=DBPASSWORD"/>
+         value="server=.\sqlexpress;database=481;user id=DBUSER;password=DBPASSWORD"/>
     <add xdt:Transform="Replace" xdt:Locator="Match(key)" key="umbracoConfigurationStatus"
-         value="4.7.0.beta"/>
+         value="4.8.1"/>
   </appSettings> 
 
   <system.web>