diff --git a/api/models/RegistrationForm.php b/api/models/RegistrationForm.php
index 0926189..f476675 100644
--- a/api/models/RegistrationForm.php
+++ b/api/models/RegistrationForm.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use api\components\ReCaptcha\Validator as ReCaptchaValidator;
 use common\components\UserFriendlyRandomKey;
 use common\models\Account;
 use common\models\EmailActivation;
+use Ramsey\Uuid\Uuid;
 use Yii;
 use yii\base\ErrorException;
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ class RegistrationForm extends BaseApiForm {
         $transaction = Yii::$app->db->beginTransaction();
         try {
             $account = new Account();
+            $account->uuid = Uuid::uuid4();
             $account->email = $this->email;
             $account->username = $this->username;
             $account->password = $this->password;
diff --git a/tests/codeception/api/unit/models/RegistrationFormTest.php b/tests/codeception/api/unit/models/RegistrationFormTest.php
index f6ccdfc..8aac3bf 100644
--- a/tests/codeception/api/unit/models/RegistrationFormTest.php
+++ b/tests/codeception/api/unit/models/RegistrationFormTest.php
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ class RegistrationFormTest extends DbTestCase {
 
         expect('user should be valid', $user)->isInstanceOf(Account::class);
         expect('password should be correct', $user->validatePassword('some_password'))->true();
+        expect('uuid is set', $user->uuid)->notEmpty();
         expect('user model exists in database', Account::find()->andWhere([
             'username' => 'some_username',
             'email' => 'some_email@example.com',