diff --git a/htdocs/user/class/user.class.php b/htdocs/user/class/user.class.php
index fb27aef9d2e..cd0000c1e60 100644
--- a/htdocs/user/class/user.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/user/class/user.class.php
@@ -1050,7 +1050,8 @@ class User extends CommonObject
 		$this->town         = $contact->town;
 		$this->state_id     = $contact->state_id;
 		$this->country_id   = $contact->country_id;
-
+        $this->employee     = 0;
+        
 		if (empty($login)) $login=strtolower(substr($contact->firstname, 0, 4)) . strtolower(substr($contact->lastname, 0, 4));
 		$this->login = $login;