diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/dto/ExternalDataPE.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/dto/ExternalDataPE.java
index 3d61a622f961f24262dc77e0d06128ba37ae0781..9b21f342c16ca1479c98fcdccd81187f3f2f30ce 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/dto/ExternalDataPE.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/shared/dto/ExternalDataPE.java
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ public final class ExternalDataPE extends DataPE
 
     private boolean isPresentInArchive;
 
-    private boolean storageConfirmation;
+    // TODO: Storage confirmation should be set to false.
+    // At the moment however the logic is not yet implemented, and we want all objects in database
+    // to have true initialy.
+    private boolean storageConfirmation = true;
 
     private int speedHint = Constants.DEFAULT_SPEED_HINT;