Index: /home/jkrug/temp/modelglue/ModelGlue/gesture/eventrequest/EventContext.cfc
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--- /home/jkrug/temp/modelglue/ModelGlue/gesture/eventrequest/EventContext.cfc	(revision 115)
+++ /home/jkrug/temp/modelglue/ModelGlue/gesture/eventrequest/EventContext.cfc	(working copy)
@@ -619,7 +619,10 @@
 				<!--- so we don't have something we can attach keys to, lets make something--->
 				<cfset ScopeContext[ thisEventKeyArray[j] ] = structNew() />
 			</cfif>
-			<cfif j IS arrayLen( thisEventKeyArray ) AND i LTE arrayLen( arguments.ArrayOfDefaults )>
+			<cfif j IS arrayLen( thisEventKeyArray ) AND variables._state.exists( EventKeyArray[i] )>
+				<!--- if we are done dot-walking, and have an event value, lets use it. We should be done in the inner loop after this---->
+				<cfset ScopeContext[ thisEventKeyArray[j] ] = variables._state.getValue( EventKeyArray[i] ) />
+			<cfelseif j IS arrayLen( thisEventKeyArray ) AND i LTE arrayLen( arguments.ArrayOfDefaults )>
 				<!--- if we are done dot-walking, and have a default, lets use it. We should be done in the inner loop after this---->
 				<cfset ScopeContext[ thisEventKeyArray[j] ] = arguments.ArrayOfDefaults[i] />
 			<cfelseif j IS arrayLen( thisEventKeyArray )>
@@ -739,4 +742,4 @@
 	<cfreturn variables._beanPopulator.populate(arguments.target, variables._state, fields) />
 </cffunction>
 
-</cfcomponent>
\ No newline at end of file
+</cfcomponent>