diff --git a/src/topics/create.js b/src/topics/create.js
index 0144cd1f0..cb5e190f3 100644
--- a/src/topics/create.js
+++ b/src/topics/create.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
             isPrivate: false,
             isAnonymous: false,
             isUrgent: false,
+            isResolved: false,
         };
         // added code for sprint 1
         // type casting
@@ -52,6 +53,11 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
          * @type {boolean}
          */
         topicData.isUrgent = data.isUrgent || false;
+        // added code for sprint 2
+        /**
+         * @type {boolean}
+         */
+         topicData.isResolved = data.isResolved || false;
 
         if (Array.isArray(data.tags) && data.tags.length) {
             topicData.tags = data.tags.join(',');
diff --git a/test/topics.js b/test/topics.js
index 0afb106e7..ca71ad403 100644
--- a/test/topics.js
+++ b/test/topics.js
@@ -426,6 +426,17 @@ describe('Topic\'s', () => {
                 done();
             });
         });
+
+        // code for testing sprint 2, ensuring the isResolved attribute for the topic
+        it('should get the newly added isResolved field for topic', (done) => {
+            topics.getTopicFields(newTopic.tid, ['isResolved'], (err, data) => {
+                assert.ifError(err);
+                assert(Object.keys(data).length === 1);
+                assert(data.hasOwnProperty('isResolved'));
+                done();
+            });
+        });
+        
         
 
         describe('.getTopicWithPosts', () => {