diff --git a/screening/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/etl/jython/v2/SimpleImageDataSetRegistrator.java b/screening/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/etl/jython/v2/SimpleImageDataSetRegistrator.java
index c028b44596367f2758d04fa0a480c9a6d8745b8d..fb3611bab03d51d8006aaf09f80eda6c0d583623 100644
--- a/screening/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/etl/jython/v2/SimpleImageDataSetRegistrator.java
+++ b/screening/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/etl/jython/v2/SimpleImageDataSetRegistrator.java
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ public class SimpleImageDataSetRegistrator
             }
         }
 
+        imageDataset.setColorDepth(simpleImageConfig.getColorDepth());
+
         setRegistrationDetails(registrationDetails, imageDataset);
         return registrationDetails;
     }