diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index 22245ab0d..91966d290 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
             m = Member.new(:user => User.current, :roles => [r])
             project = ProjectInfo.new(:user_id => User.current.id, :project_id => @project.id)
             if params[:project][:is_public] == '1' || @course_tag=="1"
-               project_status = ProjectStatus.create(:project_id => @project.id, :watchers_count => 0, :changesets_count => 0)
+               project_status = ProjectStatus.create(:project_id => @project.id, :watchers_count => 0, :changesets_count => 0, :project_type => @course_tag)
             end
           @project.members << m
           @project.project_infos << project