diff --git a/utils/firstuser.in b/utils/firstuser.in
index a7c1f9721802607cd45dee0087754da8b351679f..cb578b51052f2fb9a3caac72e5f98ae3050bbf29 100755
--- a/utils/firstuser.in
+++ b/utils/firstuser.in
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ if (<> !~ /Y/i) {
 print "Creating user in database...\n";
 DBQueryFatal("insert into users set uid='$username', usr_created=now(), " .
 	"usr_name='$userfull', usr_pswd='$password', unix_uid=$uid, ".
-	"admin=1, dbedit=1, status='active'");
+	"usr_modified=now(), admin=1, dbedit=1, status='active'");
 
 print "Creating project in database...\n";
 DBQueryFatal("insert into projects set pid='$project', created=now(), " .
diff --git a/www/joinproject.php3 b/www/joinproject.php3
index 7932f82730e7df8afb9b4a408d63a39676b84cbe..d66381d81ff42fda77565071f8b95229d4d1ca1e 100644
--- a/www/joinproject.php3
+++ b/www/joinproject.php3
@@ -543,12 +543,12 @@ if (! $returning) {
     DBQueryFatal("INSERT INTO users ".
 	"(uid,usr_created,usr_expires,usr_name,usr_email,usr_addr,".
 	" usr_URL,usr_phone,usr_title,usr_affil,usr_pswd,unix_uid,".
-	" status,pswd_expires) ".
+	" status,pswd_expires,usr_modified) ".
 	"VALUES ('$joining_uid', now(), '$usr_expires', '$usr_name', ".
         "'$usr_email', ".
 	"'$usr_addr', '$usr_URL', '$usr_phone', '$usr_title', '$usr_affil', ".
         "'$encoding', NULL, 'newuser', ".
-	"date_add(now(), interval 1 year))");
+	"date_add(now(), interval 1 year), now())");
 
     if (isset($usr_key)) {
 	while (list ($idx, $stuff) = each ($usr_key)) {
diff --git a/www/newproject.php3 b/www/newproject.php3
index cb7d43cd4f981f14793af887ef73540829bb7a9f..4c2eb59acb0c53e8171fb2663b39cfd90155ff66 100755
--- a/www/newproject.php3
+++ b/www/newproject.php3
@@ -765,11 +765,11 @@ if (! $returning) {
     DBQueryFatal("INSERT INTO users ".
 	 "(uid,usr_created,usr_expires,usr_name,usr_email,usr_addr,".
 	 " usr_URL,usr_title,usr_affil,usr_phone,usr_pswd,unix_uid,".
-	 " status,pswd_expires) ".
+	 " status,pswd_expires,usr_modified) ".
 	 "VALUES ('$proj_head_uid', now(), '$proj_expires', '$usr_name', ".
 	 "'$usr_email', '$usr_addr', '$usr_URL', '$usr_title', '$usr_affil', ".
 	 "'$usr_phone', '$encoding', NULL, 'newuser', ".
-	 "date_add(now(), interval 1 year))");
+	 "date_add(now(), interval 1 year), now())");
 
     if (isset($usr_key)) {
 	while (list ($idx, $stuff) = each ($usr_key)) {