diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index 052df384e..61d89a553 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
     @project = Project.new
     @project.safe_attributes = params[:project]
     @project.organization_id = params[:organization_id]
+    @project.user_id = User.current.id
     if validate_parent_id && @project.save
       @project.set_allowed_parent!(params[:project]['parent_id']) if params[:project].has_key?('parent_id')
       # Add current user as a project member if he is not admin