diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/controllers/ExperimentApi.java b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/controllers/ExperimentApi.java
index 927bcf8f13a23a87f816c602077bf3570277120e..093a6c72f0da2c628e94c86d8e6d3fb468d4b61e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/controllers/ExperimentApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/controllers/ExperimentApi.java
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ public class ExperimentApi {
         return new ResponseEntity<>(gsonOnlyExposed.toJson(experiment.jsonify()), HttpStatus.OK);
     }
 
-    private Experiment createExperiment(ExperimentExecutionDTO experimentExecutionDTO) throws NullPointerException{
+    private Experiment createExperiment(ExperimentExecutionDTO experimentExecutionDTO){
         User user = userInfo.getUser();
 
         Experiment experiment = new Experiment();