diff --git a/routes/methods.js b/routes/methods.js
index d377d61cd79360dd27609a2ab7426607901a9fc6..59709d7d78802cc2232f63afb5c4c16a7431eaf2 100644
--- a/routes/methods.js
+++ b/routes/methods.js
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ var methods = {
             callback(rows, err);
         });
     },
+    addUserProjectRole: function(data, callback) {
+        dbconn.user.query('INSERT INTO user_project_role SET ?', data, function (err, results, fields){
+            if (err) throw err;
+            callback(err);
+        })
+    },
     // ======================= project db =======================
     getAllProjects: function(callback) {
         dbconn.project.query('CALL getAllprojects', function (err, rows, fields){
@@ -146,9 +152,10 @@ var methods = {
 	})
     },
     addProjectOverview: function(data, callback) {
-        dbconn.project.query('INSERT INTO project_overview SET ?', data, function (err, rows, fields){
+        dbconn.project.query('INSERT INTO project_overview SET ?', data, function (err, results, fields){
             if (err) throw err;
-            callback(err);
+            //console.log(results.insertId)
+            callback(results.insertId, err);
         })
     }
 };
diff --git a/routes/routes-project.js b/routes/routes-project.js
index 6b8ac371b0eb983b000f9f9e0e806adcfc96c5aa..ad713a24bbeab20be58d8d4444674de84c38bd2f 100644
--- a/routes/routes-project.js
+++ b/routes/routes-project.js
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ module.exports = function (app) {
     }
   })
   
-  app.post('/addprojectoverview', function (req, res) {
+  app.post('/addprojectoverview__', function (req, res) {
     if (req.isAuthenticated()) {
       var wiki = 0
       if (req.body.wiki)
@@ -146,6 +146,83 @@ module.exports = function (app) {
     }
   })
 
+  app.post('/addprojectoverview', function (req, res) {
+    if (req.isAuthenticated()) {
+      var wiki = 0
+      if (req.body.wiki)
+        wiki = 1
+
+      var projectTerm = req.body.termForm + " - " + req.body.termTo
+      var projectOverviewData = {
+        pname: req.body.pname,
+        title: req.body.title,
+        onelinesummary: req.body.summary,
+        category: req.body.category,
+        logo: req.body.logo,
+        gitlab: req.body.gitlabURL,
+        wiki: wiki,
+        overview: req.body.overview,
+        question: req.body.question,
+        approach: req.body.approach,
+        result: req.body.result,
+        keywords: req.body.keywords,
+        announcement: req.body.announcement,
+        term: projectTerm,
+        further_details: req.body.furtherDetails,
+        website: req.body.website,
+        src: req.body.src,
+        caption: req.body.caption,
+        contact_lastname: req.body.contactName,
+        contact_email: req.body.contactEmail,
+        leader_lastname: req.body.leaderName,
+        leader_email: req.body.leaderEmail
+      }
+      
+      /* RS: Temporary solution while Project DB is still in early phase.
+              When User DB and Project DB are integrated and quite stabil, this operation should be done in 1 transaction.
+      */
+      var userId // todo: make this global variable?
+      async.waterfall([
+        // get userId by email from userdb
+        function(done) {
+          methods.getUserIdByEmail(req.user.email, function(id, err) {
+            if (!err) {
+              userId = id
+              done(err)
+            }
+          })
+        },
+        // add project overview
+        function(done) {
+          methods.addProjectOverview(projectOverviewData, function(projectOverviewId, err){
+            if (!err) {
+              done(err, projectOverviewId)
+            }
+          })
+        },
+        // assign the created overview to logged-in user
+        function(projectOverviewId, done) {
+          var userProjectRoleData = {
+            project_id: projectOverviewId,
+            user_id: userId,
+            role_id: 3 // OVERVIEW_CREATOR
+          }
+          methods.addUserProjectRole(userProjectRoleData, function(userProjects, err) {
+            if (err) {
+              //req.flash('error', "Failed")
+              req.flash('error', "Fehlgeschlagen")
+              res.redirect('/addProjectOverview');
+            }
+            else {
+              req.flash('success', 'Your project has been created.')
+              res.redirect('/project');
+            }
+          })
+        }
+      ])
+    }
+  })
+
   app.get('/updateprojectoverview', function (req, res) {
     // only their own project
   })