diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 666bd39..2a7d107 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ There are two types of page objects: singular and templated.
 
 ### Singular Page Objects
 
-A singular page object models a page with only one URL. For example, `GoogleHomePage` is singular, because there's only one URI: “/“. Singular page objects should have a `uri` attribute in their class definitions:
+A singular page object models a page with only one URL. For example, `GoogleHomePage` is singular, because there's only one URI: “/“. Singular page objects should have a `uri` attribute (defaults to '/') in their class definitions:
 
 	...
 	class MyAppHomePage(EntrezPage):
diff --git a/robotpageobjects/page.py b/robotpageobjects/page.py
index 553ed9b..8e804d4 100755
--- a/robotpageobjects/page.py
+++ b/robotpageobjects/page.py
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ def __init__(self):
         # Allow setting of uri_template or uri, but make them the same internally
         if hasattr(self, 'uri_template'):
             self.uri = self.uri_template
+        # Set a default uri in case one is not set in the Page
+        elif not hasattr(self, 'uri'):
+            self.uri = '/'
 
     @staticmethod
     @not_keyword
diff --git a/tests/scenarios/test_go_to.py b/tests/scenarios/test_go_to.py
index cebe044..1e02a99 100755
--- a/tests/scenarios/test_go_to.py
+++ b/tests/scenarios/test_go_to.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import unittest
 from po import widget_template
+from robotpageobjects import Page
 
 
 class TestWidgetItem(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -10,6 +11,12 @@ def test_widget_item(self):
         self.widget_item_page.go_to({"category": "home-and-garden", "id": "123"})
         self.widget_item_page.title_should_be("Cool Widget")
 
+    def test_no_uri_template(self):
+        self.p = Page()
+        self.p.baseurl = 'https://www.google.com/'
+        self.p.open()
+        self.p.title_should_be('Google')
+
     def tearDown(self):
         try:
             self.widget_item_page.close()
diff --git a/tests/test_functional.py b/tests/test_functional.py
index 511feff..d431e43 100755
--- a/tests/test_functional.py
+++ b/tests/test_functional.py
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@ def test_no_baseurl_gives_readable_error_in_robot(self):
         run = self.run_scenario("test_template_passed.robot")
         self.assert_run(run, expected_returncode=1, search_output="must set a baseurl")
 
-    def test_no_uri_attr_gives_readable_error_in_robot(self):
-        run = self.run_scenario("test_no_uri.robot", variable="baseurl:%s" % self.base_file_url)
-        self.assert_run(run, expected_returncode=1, search_output='must have a "uri" attribute set')
-
     def test_enlarge_browser_on_open(self):
         self.set_baseurl_env()
         run = self.run_scenario("test_enlarge_browser_on_open.py")
diff --git a/tests/test_unit.py b/tests/test_unit.py
index 51e6983..09d4667 100755
--- a/tests/test_unit.py
+++ b/tests/test_unit.py
@@ -212,13 +212,6 @@ def test_no_baseurl_set_and_uri_attr_set_and_uri_vars_set(self):
         self.PO.uri = "/foo"
         self.PO()._resolve_url("bar")
 
-    @raises(exceptions.UriResolutionError)
-    def test_baseurl_set_no_uri_attr_set(self):
-        """A baseurl is set, but no variables were passed in and no "uri" was set."""
-
-        self.set_baseurl_env()
-        self.PO()._resolve_url()
-
     @raises(exceptions.UriResolutionError)
     def test_baseurl_set_abs_uri_attr(self):
         """An absolute url (with scheme) was set as the uri."""
@@ -340,6 +333,12 @@ def test_uri_template_is_resolved(self):
         self.assertEquals("123", pid)
         self.assertEquals("http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/123", url)
 
+    def test_baseurl_set_no_uri_attr_set(self):
+        """A baseurl is set, but no variables were passed in and no "uri" was set."""
+
+        self.set_baseurl_env()
+        self.PO()._resolve_url()
+
 
 class SelectorsTestCase(BaseTestCase):
     @raises(exceptions.DuplicateKeyError)