diff --git a/app/models/my_module.rb b/app/models/my_module.rb
index d572d6608..27474778c 100644
--- a/app/models/my_module.rb
+++ b/app/models/my_module.rb
@@ -433,6 +433,8 @@ class MyModule < ApplicationRecord
 
     clone.save!
 
+    clone.assign_user(current_user)
+
     # Remove the automatically generated protocol,
     # & clone the protocol instead
     clone.protocol.destroy
diff --git a/spec/models/experiment_spec.rb b/spec/models/experiment_spec.rb
index c68ca534d..978f9af09 100644
--- a/spec/models/experiment_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/experiment_spec.rb
@@ -189,12 +189,12 @@ describe Experiment, type: :model do
         expect(Activities::CreateActivityService)
           .to(receive(:call)
                 .with(hash_including(activity_type:
-                                       :assign_user_to_module))).exactly(3).times
+                                       :assign_user_to_module))).exactly(6).times
         function_call
       end
 
-      it 'creats 3 new activities in DB' do
-        expect { function_call }.to change { Activity.all.count }.by(6)
+      it 'creats 9 new activities in DB (6 for assigning user, 3 for cloning module)' do
+        expect { function_call }.to change { Activity.all.count }.by(9)
       end
     end