2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/server/lib/user.ts b/server/lib/user.ts
index 1094c2401..d2d599dfd 100644
--- a/server/lib/user.ts
+++ b/server/lib/user.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ async function createUserAccountAndChannel (user: UserInstance, validateUser = t
     const userCreated = await user.save(userOptions)
     const accountCreated = await createLocalAccount(user.username, user.id, null, t)
 
+    const videoChannelName = `Default ${userCreated.username} channel`
     const videoChannelInfo = {
-      name: `Default ${userCreated.username} channel`
+      name: videoChannelName
     }
     const videoChannel = await createVideoChannel(videoChannelInfo, accountCreated, t)
 
diff --git a/server/lib/video-channel.ts b/server/lib/video-channel.ts
index 459d9d4a8..13841ea33 100644
--- a/server/lib/video-channel.ts
+++ b/server/lib/video-channel.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { logger } from '../helpers'
 import { AccountInstance } from '../models'
 import { VideoChannelCreate } from '../../shared/models'
 import { sendCreateVideoChannel } from './activitypub/send-request'
+import { getActivityPubUrl } from '../helpers/activitypub'
 
 async function createVideoChannel (videoChannelInfo: VideoChannelCreate, account: AccountInstance, t: Sequelize.Transaction) {
   const videoChannelData = {
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ async function createVideoChannel (videoChannelInfo: VideoChannelCreate, account
   }
 
   const videoChannel = db.VideoChannel.build(videoChannelData)
+  videoChannel.set('url', getActivityPubUrl('videoChannel', videoChannel.uuid))
+
   const options = { transaction: t }
 
   const videoChannelCreated = await videoChannel.save(options)