diff --git a/dbmigration/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/dbmigration/DBMigrationEngine.java b/dbmigration/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/dbmigration/DBMigrationEngine.java
index 98c54609fe3c9350b33caba2b38795b847ed5cfc..ea6f81ef78642e86980079c278682d6b6fe77c44 100644
--- a/dbmigration/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/dbmigration/DBMigrationEngine.java
+++ b/dbmigration/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/dbmigration/DBMigrationEngine.java
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ public final class DBMigrationEngine
             }
         } else if (version.compareTo(databaseVersion) > 0)
         {
+            adminDAO.createGroups();
             if (operationLog.isInfoEnabled())
             {
                 final String databaseName = adminDAO.getDatabaseName();