diff --git a/ui/src/components/SettingsModal/SettingModal.tsx b/ui/src/components/SettingsModal/SettingModal.tsx
index 0dfbb9ad1..621973ad7 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/SettingsModal/SettingModal.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/SettingsModal/SettingModal.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import spinner from "../assets/spinner.svg";
 import {useCommonStyles} from "../../helpers/commonStyle";
 import {toast} from "react-toastify";
 import SelectList from "../UI/SelectList";
+import { adminUsername } from "../../consts";
 
 interface SettingsModalProps {
     isOpen: boolean
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ export const SettingsModal: React.FC<SettingsModalProps> = ({isOpen, onClose, is
                 name: "default",
                 namespaces: checkedNamespacesKeys
             }
-            await api.createWorkspace(defaultWorkspace);
+            await api.createWorkspace(defaultWorkspace,adminUsername);
             onClose();
             toast.success("Saved successfully");
         } catch (e) {
diff --git a/ui/src/helpers/api.js b/ui/src/helpers/api.js
index 69c067927..3351036d9 100644
--- a/ui/src/helpers/api.js
+++ b/ui/src/helpers/api.js
@@ -88,8 +88,12 @@ export default class Api {
         return response.data;
     }
 
-    createWorkspace = async(workspaceData) =>{
-        const response = await this.client.post(`/workspace`,workspaceData);
+    createWorkspace = async(workspaceData,linkUser) =>{
+        let path = `/workspace`;
+        if(linkUser){
+            path = `/workspace?linkUser=${linkUser}`;
+        }
+        const response = await this.client.post(path,workspaceData);
         return response.data;
     }    
 
@@ -196,27 +200,6 @@ export default class Api {
         }
     }
 
-    // register = async (username, password) => {
-    //     const form = new FormData();
-    //     form.append('username', username);
-    //     form.append('password', password);
-
-    //     try {
-    //         const response = await this.client.post(`/user/register`, form);
-    //         this.persistToken(response.data.token);
-    //         return response;
-    //     } catch (e) {
-    //         if (e.response.status === 400) {
-    //             const error = {
-    //                 'type': FormValidationErrorType,
-    //                 'messages': e.response.data
-    //             };
-    //             throw error;
-    //         } else {
-    //             throw e;
-    //         }
-    //     }
-    // }
 
     setupAdminUser = async (password) => {
         const form = new FormData();