diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/UserServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/UserServiceImpl.java
index 5cbac881d8eee7a81428031be4d4866f85b1f4f2..31c1916c32cb30d1701daec9eeb39f8b91dc3862 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/UserServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/UserServiceImpl.java
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ public class UserServiceImpl implements UserService {
 		UserProfile userProfile = new UserProfile();
 		UserProfile.Account account = new UserProfile.Account();
 		userProfile.setAccount(account);
+		userProfile.setAuthProvider(UserProfile.AuthProvider.ARSNOVA);
 		userProfile.setLoginId(lcUsername);
 		account.setPassword(encodePassword(password));
 		account.setActivationKey(RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(32));