diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 834428b0..c59f8bd9 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -175,4 +175,8 @@ class NullProject
     ""
   end
 
+  def persisted?
+    false
+  end
+
 end