diff --git a/zerver/lib/actions.py b/zerver/lib/actions.py
index 1aae6b5825..8626c353c2 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/actions.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/actions.py
@@ -1237,6 +1237,10 @@ def set_default_streams(realm, stream_names):
     notifications_stream, _ = create_stream_if_needed(realm, Realm.NOTIFICATION_STREAM_NAME)
     DefaultStream.objects.create(stream=notifications_stream, realm=realm)
 
+    log_event({'type': 'default_streams',
+               'domain': realm.domain,
+               'streams': stream_names})
+
 def get_default_subs(user_profile):
     return [default.stream for default in
             DefaultStream.objects.select_related("stream", "stream__realm").filter(realm=user_profile.realm)]
diff --git a/zerver/management/commands/create_realm.py b/zerver/management/commands/create_realm.py
index 71ee4215eb..cb9eefee62 100644
--- a/zerver/management/commands/create_realm.py
+++ b/zerver/management/commands/create_realm.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from optparse import make_option
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
-from zerver.lib.actions import do_create_realm
+from zerver.lib.actions import do_create_realm, set_default_streams
 from zerver.models import RealmAlias
 
 if not settings.ENTERPRISE:
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ Usage: python manage.py create_realm --domain=foo.com --name='Foo, Inc.'"""
                 deployment = Deployment.objects.get(base_site_url="https://zulip.com/")
                 deployment.realms.add(realm)
                 deployment.save()
-            print "\033[1;36mDon't forget to run set_default_streams!\033[0m"
+            set_default_streams(realm, ["social", "engineering"])
+
+            print "\033[1;36mDefault streams set to social,engineering,zulip!\033[0m"
         else:
             print domain, "already exists."
diff --git a/zerver/management/commands/set_default_streams.py b/zerver/management/commands/set_default_streams.py
index e53022831e..0405cf448a 100644
--- a/zerver/management/commands/set_default_streams.py
+++ b/zerver/management/commands/set_default_streams.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 
 from zerver.models import Realm
-from zerver.lib.actions import set_default_streams, log_event
+from zerver.lib.actions import set_default_streams
 
 from optparse import make_option
 import sys
@@ -43,7 +43,3 @@ set of streams (which can be empty, with `--streams=`)."
         stream_names = [stream.strip() for stream in options["streams"].split(",")]
         realm = Realm.objects.get(domain=options["domain"])
         set_default_streams(realm, stream_names)
-
-        log_event({'type': 'default_streams',
-                   'domain': realm.domain,
-                   'streams': stream_names})