diff --git a/src/main/java/com/smartharvester/model/login/request/SignupRequest.java b/src/main/java/com/smartharvester/model/login/request/SignupRequest.java
index b024229cab0ac01910c356ddd21bcef4ccc2a6f1..9e60706c3897314cf60e6d21cda5a8287026e64c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/smartharvester/model/login/request/SignupRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/smartharvester/model/login/request/SignupRequest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public class SignupRequest {
     private String lastName;
     @NotBlank
     private String email;
+    private String role;
     private CharSequence password;
 
     public String getFirstName() {
@@ -53,4 +54,12 @@ public class SignupRequest {
         this.password = password;
     }
 
+	public String getRole() {
+		return role;
+	}
+
+	public void setRole() {
+		this.role = "ADMIN";
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/smartharvester/model/user/SmartHarvesterUser.java b/src/main/java/com/smartharvester/model/user/SmartHarvesterUser.java
index a8de4518843d471909cfd265aab1208540cb2ba4..72e37a949687efcfef6c410c165d8826e845ef35 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/smartharvester/model/user/SmartHarvesterUser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/smartharvester/model/user/SmartHarvesterUser.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public class SmartHarvesterUser {
     private String firstName;
     private String lastName;
     private String email;
+    private String role;
     @Field("passwordHash")
     private String password;
     
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ public class SmartHarvesterUser {
         this.lastName = lastName;
         this.uuid = uuid;
         this.email = email;
+        this.role = "ADMIN";
         this.password = password;
     }
 
@@ -79,4 +81,12 @@ public class SmartHarvesterUser {
     public void setPassword(String password) {
         this.password = password;
     }
+
+	public String getRole() {
+		return role;
+	}
+
+	public void setRole(String role) {
+		this.role = role;
+	}
 }