diff --git a/src/Controller/Security.php b/src/Controller/Security.php
index a4426e7d8b..fc94efbc45 100644
--- a/src/Controller/Security.php
+++ b/src/Controller/Security.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use App\Core\Event;
 use App\Core\Form;
 use function App\Core\I18n\_m;
 use App\Core\Log;
+use App\Core\UserRoles;
 use App\Entity\Actor;
 use App\Entity\Feed;
 use App\Entity\LocalUser;
@@ -146,7 +147,12 @@ class Security extends Controller
 
             try {
                 // This already checks if the nickname is being used
-                $actor = Actor::create(['nickname' => $nickname, 'is_local' => true]);
+                $actor = Actor::create([
+                    'nickname' => $nickname,
+                    'is_local' => true,
+                    'type' => Actor::PERSON,
+                    'roles' => UserRoles::USER,
+                ]);
                 $user  = LocalUser::create([
                     'nickname'       => $nickname,
                     'outgoing_email' => $data['email'],
diff --git a/src/Entity/Actor.php b/src/Entity/Actor.php
index 3a36b83478..70a4e1d956 100644
--- a/src/Entity/Actor.php
+++ b/src/Entity/Actor.php
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ class Actor extends Entity
                 'id'               => ['type' => 'serial', 'not null' => true, 'description' => 'unique identifier'],
                 'nickname'         => ['type' => 'varchar', 'length' => 64, 'not null' => true, 'description' => 'nickname or username'],
                 'fullname'         => ['type' => 'text', 'description' => 'display name'],
-                'roles'            => ['type' => 'int', 'not null' => true, 'default' => UserRoles::USER, 'description' => 'Bitmap of permissions this actor has'],
+                'roles'            => ['type' => 'int', 'not null' => true, 'description' => 'Bitmap of permissions this actor has'],
                 'type'             => ['type' => 'int', 'not null' => true, 'description' => 'The type of actor (person, group, bot, etc)'],
                 'homepage'         => ['type' => 'text', 'description' => 'identifying URL'],
                 'bio'              => ['type' => 'text', 'description' => 'descriptive biography'],