diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index 163263c9..bd8c2f27 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
def index
@source_view = params['_source_view'] || 'project_list'
@projects = current_user.projects
+ @new_project = current_user.projects.build
if params[:projects_and_actions]
projects_and_actions
else
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
render_failure "Expected post format is valid xml like so: