diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 873f1bd4..45cfe76d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
 			<artifactId>omero-client-lib</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.0</version>
+			<version>1.3.1</version>
 
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
diff --git a/src/main/java/life/qbic/portal/portlet/ProjectWizardUI.java b/src/main/java/life/qbic/portal/portlet/ProjectWizardUI.java
index 755bc54c..4d044121 100644
--- a/src/main/java/life/qbic/portal/portlet/ProjectWizardUI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/life/qbic/portal/portlet/ProjectWizardUI.java
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ private void initView(final DBManager dbm, final Vocabularies vocabularies, fina
     try {
       int omeroPort = Integer.parseInt(config.getOmeroPort());
       omero = new BasicOMEROClient(config.getOmeroUser(), config.getOmeroPassword(),
-          config.getOmeroHostname(), omeroPort);
+          config.getOmeroHostname(), omeroPort, "default");
     } catch (NumberFormatException | NullPointerException e) {
       logger.warn("Omero port could not be parsed form the configuration file.");
     }