diff --git a/src/applications/pholio/lipsum/PhabricatorPholioMockTestDataGenerator.php b/src/applications/pholio/lipsum/PhabricatorPholioMockTestDataGenerator.php
index a9cfdb6bb6..3386219d66 100644
--- a/src/applications/pholio/lipsum/PhabricatorPholioMockTestDataGenerator.php
+++ b/src/applications/pholio/lipsum/PhabricatorPholioMockTestDataGenerator.php
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ final class PhabricatorPholioMockTestDataGenerator
     $author_phid = $this->loadPhabrictorUserPHID();
     $author = id(new PhabricatorUser())
           ->loadOneWhere('phid = %s', $author_phid);
-    $mock = id(new PholioMock())
-      ->setAuthorPHID($author_phid);
+    $mock = PholioMock::initializeNewMock($author);
+
     $content_source = PhabricatorContentSource::newForSource(
       PhabricatorContentSource::SOURCE_UNKNOWN,
       array());
diff --git a/src/applications/pholio/storage/PholioMock.php b/src/applications/pholio/storage/PholioMock.php
index 71feb3919e..ed1a983d2b 100644
--- a/src/applications/pholio/storage/PholioMock.php
+++ b/src/applications/pholio/storage/PholioMock.php
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ final class PholioMock extends PholioDAO
     return id(new PholioMock())
       ->setAuthorPHID($actor->getPHID())
       ->attachImages(array())
+      ->setStatus('open')
       ->setViewPolicy($view_policy)
       ->setEditPolicy($edit_policy);
   }