diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
index 5f2781d8e668e9cf9e82f5a484b7eeb99e06c2b5..22577c326b22d35e904b1f64d02e5ba8f6e1378a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
@@ -1559,6 +1559,7 @@ public class CouchDBDao implements IDatabaseDao, ApplicationEventPublisherAware
 		try {
 			final Document s = database.getDocument(session.get_id());
 			s.put("name", session.getName());
+			s.put("creator", session.getCreator());
 			s.put("shortName", session.getShortName());
 			s.put("active", session.isActive());
 			s.put("ppAuthorName", session.getPpAuthorName());
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/SessionService.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/SessionService.java
index dd3ea57316b2fdc042787b655b245de762d9b066..674f71098060d3f8b87555bd71fe18dccf618f1d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/SessionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/SessionService.java
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ public class SessionService implements ISessionService, ApplicationEventPublishe
 		existingSession.setPpLicense(session.getPpLicense());
 		existingSession.setPpSubject(session.getPpSubject());
 		existingSession.setFeedbackLock(session.getFeedbackLock());
+		existingSession.setCreator(session.getCreator());
 
 		handleLogo(session);
 		existingSession.setPpLogo(session.getPpLogo());