diff --git a/backend/projects/apps.py b/backend/projects/apps.py
index 3d71e6b9..afae4983 100644
--- a/backend/projects/apps.py
+++ b/backend/projects/apps.py
@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
-import importlib
-
 from django.apps import AppConfig
-from django.db.models.signals import post_save
 
 
 class ProjectsConfig(AppConfig):
     default_auto_field = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
     name = 'projects'
-
-    def ready(self):
-        importlib.import_module('projects.signals')
-        from projects.models import Project
-        from .signals import add_administrator_on_project_creation
-
-        # Registering signals with the subclasses of project.
-        for project in Project.__subclasses__():
-            post_save.connect(add_administrator_on_project_creation, project)
diff --git a/backend/projects/models.py b/backend/projects/models.py
index a0cbada1..cc64afb5 100644
--- a/backend/projects/models.py
+++ b/backend/projects/models.py
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ class Project(PolymorphicModel):
     collaborative_annotation = models.BooleanField(default=False)
     single_class_classification = models.BooleanField(default=False)
 
+    def add_admin(self):
+        admin_role = Role.objects.get(name=settings.ROLE_PROJECT_ADMIN)
+        Member.objects.create(
+            project=self,
+            user=self.created_by,
+            role=admin_role,
+        )
+
     @property
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def is_text_project(self) -> bool:
diff --git a/backend/projects/signals.py b/backend/projects/signals.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1030be33..00000000
--- a/backend/projects/signals.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-from django.conf import settings
-
-from projects.models import Project
-from roles.models import Role
-from .models import Member
-
-
-def add_administrator_on_project_creation(sender, instance: Project, created: bool, **kwargs):
-    # In the case of creating a project.
-    if created:
-        admin_role = Role.objects.get(name=settings.ROLE_PROJECT_ADMIN)
-        Member.objects.create(
-            project=instance,
-            user=instance.created_by,
-            role=admin_role,
-        )
diff --git a/backend/projects/tests/test_project.py b/backend/projects/tests/test_project.py
index 10fda35f..68cb1f76 100644
--- a/backend/projects/tests/test_project.py
+++ b/backend/projects/tests/test_project.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+from django.conf import settings
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 
 from api.tests.utils import CRUDMixin
+from projects.models import Member
 from projects.tests.utils import prepare_project
 from roles.tests.utils import create_default_roles
 from users.tests.utils import make_user
@@ -48,6 +50,15 @@ class TestProjectCreate(CRUDMixin):
         response = self.assert_create(self.user, status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
         self.assertEqual(response.data['name'], self.data['name'])
 
+    def test_exists_project_administrator(self):
+        self.user.is_staff = True
+        self.user.save()
+        response = self.assert_create(self.user, status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
+        members = Member.objects.filter(project=response.data['id'])
+        self.assertEqual(members.count(), 1)
+        member = members.first()
+        self.assertEqual(member.role.name, settings.ROLE_PROJECT_ADMIN)
+
     def test_denies_non_staff_user_to_create_project(self):
         self.assert_create(self.user, status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN)
 
diff --git a/backend/projects/views/project.py b/backend/projects/views/project.py
index 6f26626e..9ed92d42 100644
--- a/backend/projects/views/project.py
+++ b/backend/projects/views/project.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ class ProjectList(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
         return Project.objects.filter(role_mappings__user=self.request.user)
 
     def perform_create(self, serializer):
-        serializer.save(created_by=self.request.user)
+        project = serializer.save(created_by=self.request.user)
+        project.add_admin()
 
     def delete(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         delete_ids = request.data['ids']