diff --git a/kallithea/controllers/admin/users.py b/kallithea/controllers/admin/users.py
--- a/kallithea/controllers/admin/users.py
+++ b/kallithea/controllers/admin/users.py
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ class UsersController(BaseController):
         """POST /users: Create a new item"""
         # url('users')
         c.default_extern_type = auth_modules.auth_internal.KallitheaAuthPlugin.name
+        c.default_extern_name = auth_modules.auth_internal.KallitheaAuthPlugin.name
         user_model = UserModel()
         user_form = UserForm()()
         try:
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ class UsersController(BaseController):
         """GET /users/new: Form to create a new item"""
         # url('new_user')
         c.default_extern_type = auth_modules.auth_internal.KallitheaAuthPlugin.name
+        c.default_extern_name = auth_modules.auth_internal.KallitheaAuthPlugin.name
         return render('admin/users/user_add.html')
 
     def update(self, id):
diff --git a/kallithea/model/forms.py b/kallithea/model/forms.py
--- a/kallithea/model/forms.py
+++ b/kallithea/model/forms.py
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ def UserForm(edit=False, old_data={}):
         firstname = v.UnicodeString(strip=True, min=1, not_empty=False)
         lastname = v.UnicodeString(strip=True, min=1, not_empty=False)
         email = All(v.Email(not_empty=True), v.UniqSystemEmail(old_data))
-        extern_name = v.UnicodeString(strip=True)
-        extern_type = v.UnicodeString(strip=True)
+        extern_name = v.UnicodeString(strip=True, if_missing=None)
+        extern_type = v.UnicodeString(strip=True, if_missing=None)
     return _UserForm
 
 
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/admin/my_account/my_account_profile.html b/kallithea/templates/admin/my_account/my_account_profile.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/admin/my_account/my_account_profile.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/admin/my_account/my_account_profile.html
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ ${h.form(url('my_account'), method='post
                 </div>
                 <div class="input">
                   ${h.text('username',class_='medium%s' % disabled, readonly=readonly)}
-                  ${h.hidden('extern_name', c.extern_name)}
-                  ${h.hidden('extern_type', c.extern_type)}
                 </div>
              </div>
 
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/admin/users/user_add.html b/kallithea/templates/admin/users/user_add.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/admin/users/user_add.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/admin/users/user_add.html
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@
                 </div>
                 <div class="input">
                     ${h.text('email',class_='small')}
-                    ${h.hidden('extern_name', c.default_extern_type)}
-                    ${h.hidden('extern_type', c.default_extern_type)}
                 </div>
              </div>
 
@@ -92,6 +90,8 @@
                 </div>
              </div>
 
+            ${h.hidden('extern_type', c.default_extern_type)}
+            ${h.hidden('extern_name', c.default_extern_name)}
             <div class="buttons">
               ${h.submit('save',_('Save'),class_="btn")}
             </div>