diff --git a/app/models/invitation.rb b/app/models/invitation.rb
index ddee7c94266fc548dc5d06341e3e188d49ff236c..87bbcb775b334d88b343ea8bb319dfa646dc4064 100644
--- a/app/models/invitation.rb
+++ b/app/models/invitation.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Invitation < ActiveRecord::Base
   def self.create_invitee(opts = {})
     invitee = opts[:existing_user] || new_user_by_service_and_identifier(opts[:service], opts[:identifier])
     return invitee if opts[:service] == 'email' && !opts[:identifier].match(Devise.email_regexp)
-    invitee.invites = opts[:invites] || 0
+    invitee.invites = opts[:invites] || 5
     if invitee.new_record?
       invitee.errors.clear
       invitee.serialized_private_key ||= User.generate_key