diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/Text.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/Text.js
index 3277fbf78d..ea9e717cd4 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/Text.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/Text.js
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ OpenLayers.Format.Text = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format, {
     initialize: function(options) {
         options = options || {};
 
-        if(options.extractStyles == true) {
+        if(options.extractStyles !== false) {
             options.defaultStyle = {
                 'externalGraphic': OpenLayers.Util.getImagesLocation() +
                                                                 "marker.png",
-                'graphicXSize': 21,
-                'graphicYSize': 25,
+                'graphicWidth': 21,
+                'graphicHeight': 25,
                 'graphicXOffset': -10.5,
                 'graphicYOffset': -12.5
             };
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.Text = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format, {
                         null;  
                     var icon, iconSize, iconOffset, overflow;
                     var set = false;
-                    var styleSet = false;
                     for (var valIndex = 0; valIndex < vals.length; valIndex++) {
                         if (vals[valIndex]) {
                             if (columns[valIndex] == 'point') {
@@ -115,17 +114,14 @@ OpenLayers.Format.Text = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format, {
                             else if (columns[valIndex] == 'image' ||
                                      columns[valIndex] == 'icon' && style) {
                                 style['externalGraphic'] = vals[valIndex];
-                                styleSet = true;
                             } else if (columns[valIndex] == 'iconSize' && style) {
                                 var size = vals[valIndex].split(',');
                                 style['graphicWidth'] = parseFloat(size[0]);
                                 style['graphicHeight'] = parseFloat(size[1]);
-                                styleSet = true;
                             } else if (columns[valIndex] == 'iconOffset' && style) {
                                 var offset = vals[valIndex].split(',');
                                 style['graphicXOffset'] = parseFloat(offset[0]);
                                 style['graphicYOffset'] = parseFloat(offset[1]);
-                                styleSet = true;
                             } else if (columns[valIndex] == 'description') {
                                 attributes['description'] = vals[valIndex];
                             } else if (columns[valIndex] == 'overflow') {
@@ -142,7 +138,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.Text = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format, {
                           geometry.transform(this.externalProjection, 
                                              this.internalProjection); 
                       }
-                      style = styleSet ? style : null;
                       var feature = new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(geometry, attributes, style);
                       features.push(feature);
                     }
diff --git a/tests/Format/Text.html b/tests/Format/Text.html
index 84b50f0694..2b46ced510 100644
--- a/tests/Format/Text.html
+++ b/tests/Format/Text.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         t.plan(5);
         var format = new OpenLayers.Format.Text({extractStyles: true});
         var features = format.read(OpenLayers.Util.getElement("content").value);
-        t.eq(features[0].style, null, "style is null if no style props set");
+        t.eq(features[0].style.externalGraphic, format.defaultStyle.externalGraphic, "style is set to defaults if no style props set in text file");
         var features = format.read(OpenLayers.Util.getElement("contentMarker").value);
         t.eq(features[0].style.externalGraphic, "../../img/marker.png", "marker set correctly by default.");
         
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
         t.eq(features[0].style.externalGraphic, "marker.png", "marker set correctly from data.");
         // t.eq(format.defaultStyle.externalGraphic, "../../img/marker.png", "defaultStyle externalGraphic not changed by pulling from data");
 
-        var format = new OpenLayers.Format.Text();
+        var format = new OpenLayers.Format.Text({extractStyles: false});
         var features = format.read(OpenLayers.Util.getElement("content2").value);
-        t.eq(features[0].style, null, "null default style results in null style property, even with style properties used");
+        t.eq(features[0].style, null, "extractStyles: false results in null style property, even with style properties used");
     }
 	function test_extra(t) {
         t.plan(1);