diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/model/Algorithm.java b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/model/Algorithm.java
index 5aa65369268f9aa4a55d98c8cb81659a1712796a..bd08093a82e0cc7823fdc6c33c193a3feff774ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/model/Algorithm.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/model/Algorithm.java
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ public class Algorithm extends ExperimentValidator {
 
     private boolean validation;
 
+    public Algorithm() {
+
+    }
+
     public Algorithm(String code, String name, boolean validation) {
         this.validation = validation;
         setCode(code);