diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/AuthenticationServiceBean.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/AuthenticationServiceBean.java
index b242cd2936f..d92ed78681b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/AuthenticationServiceBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/AuthenticationServiceBean.java
@@ -647,6 +647,8 @@ public AuthenticatedUser createAuthenticatedUser(UserRecordIdentifier userRecord
         
         actionLogSvc.log( new ActionLogRecord(ActionLogRecord.ActionType.Auth, "createUser")
             .setInfo(authenticatedUser.getIdentifier()));
+        
+        authenticatedUser.initialize();
 
         return authenticatedUser;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/users/AuthenticatedUser.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/users/AuthenticatedUser.java
index 2cd28d9aac9..9fdfce2f1a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/users/AuthenticatedUser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/authorization/users/AuthenticatedUser.java
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void prePersist() {
     }
     
     @PostLoad
-    void postLoad() {
+    public void initialize() {
         mutedNotificationsSet = Type.tokenizeToSet(mutedNotifications);
         mutedEmailsSet = Type.tokenizeToSet(mutedEmails);
     }