diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
index aa427a0bc1be072c4afc1551d64af22f66e5d479..7e0b8d3e5d1424ea4af016b57e328919c3ace59a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
@@ -1354,8 +1354,8 @@ public class CouchDBDao implements IDatabaseDao, ApplicationEventPublisherAware
 			if (d.getJSONObject().optJSONArray("value") != null) {
 				@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 				final Collection<Session> visitedSessions =	 JSONArray.toCollection(
-						d.getJSONObject().getJSONArray("value"),
-						Session.class
+					d.getJSONObject().getJSONArray("value"),
+					Session.class
 				);
 				allSessions.addAll(visitedSessions);
 			}
@@ -1630,7 +1630,6 @@ 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 323f90feb810b2d58e648729f90356fdb6c51680..8ed52c43c0c449912fb14b1c15ef36c9511f9048 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/SessionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/SessionService.java
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ 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());