diff --git a/cust-services/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/service/customer/ContactService.java b/cust-services/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/service/customer/ContactService.java
index 7bb414c..fa3cb81 100644
--- a/cust-services/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/service/customer/ContactService.java
+++ b/cust-services/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/service/customer/ContactService.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package de.hsadmin.service.customer;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import javax.ejb.EJB;
 import javax.ejb.Stateless;
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@ import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;
 import javax.persistence.Query;
 
 import de.hsadmin.bo.customer.Contact;
+import de.hsadmin.bo.customer.Customer;
 import de.hsadmin.common.error.TechnicalException;
 import de.hsadmin.common.error.UserException;
 import de.hsadmin.dao.customer.CustomerDao;
@@ -39,7 +42,22 @@ public class ContactService extends AbstractModule<ContactVO> implements Contact
 			throws UserException, TechnicalException {
 		final ContactVO vo = super.create(requestContext, prototype);
 		final Contact bo = new Contact();
-		bo.setCustomer(customerDao.findCustomerByName(prototype.getCustomer()));
+		final Customer cust = customerDao.findCustomerByName(prototype.getCustomer());
+		final Set<Contact> existingContacts = cust.getContacts();
+		final String[] givenRoles = vo.getRoles();
+		if ((existingContacts == null || existingContacts.isEmpty()) && (givenRoles == null || givenRoles.length == 0)) {
+			final Query query = entityManager.createNativeQuery("SELECT role_name FROM role");
+			final List<?> rolesList = query.getResultList();
+			final List<String> roles = new ArrayList<>();
+			for (int idx = 0; idx < rolesList.size(); idx++) {
+				final Object role = rolesList.get(idx);
+				if (role instanceof String) {
+					roles.add((String) role);
+				}
+			}
+			bo.setRoles(roles);
+		}
+		bo.setCustomer(cust);
 		vo.copyPropertiesToPersistentObject(bo);
 		entityManager.persist(bo);
 		final Contact newBO = findContactByNames(vo);