diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/SessionService.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/SessionService.java
index 77a22e5b3999fb7d0d945a06e1b53c07fc0097a3..78a9ad7b780d4906c68768e3c5d07712dd14e41a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/SessionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/SessionService.java
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ public class SessionService implements ISessionService, ApplicationEventPublishe
 				throw new ForbiddenException();
 			}
 		}
+		session.setCreationTime(System.currentTimeMillis());
 		handleLogo(session);
 
 		// set some default values