diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index 4188d5d9e..bbd6ab229 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
 
   def new
     @project = Project.new
-    @organizations = current_user.organizations
   end
 
   def create
     @project = Project.new(project_params)
-    @project.created_by =  current_user
+    @project.created_by = current_user
     @project.last_modified_by = current_user
-    if @project.save
+    if current_organization.id == project_params[:organization_id].to_i &&
+       @project.save
       # Create user-project association
       up = UserProject.new(
         role: :owner,
diff --git a/app/views/projects/_new.html.erb b/app/views/projects/_new.html.erb
index 3ed45746c..1f476b610 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/_new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/projects/_new.html.erb
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 <div class="row">
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12">
     <%= form.text_field :name, label: t("projects.index.modal_new_project.name"), autofocus: true, placeholder: t("projects.index.modal_new_project.name_placeholder") %>
-  </div>
-</div>
-
-<div class="row">
-  <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12">
-    <div class="form-group">
-      <%= form.label t("projects.index.modal_new_project.organization")  %>
-      <%= collection_select(:project, :organization_id, @organizations, :id, :name, {}, { :class => "form-control"} ) %>
-    </div>
+    <%= hidden_field :project, :organization_id, value: current_organization.id %>
   </div>
 </div>