diff --git a/src/main/java/caosdb/server/jobs/extension/AWIBoxLoan.java b/src/main/java/caosdb/server/jobs/extension/AWIBoxLoan.java
index 2412a43fb4c1d7091dfe974b841ffd5c5a416019..1314f961ac8ade8818c90512c9d8be2ce012caad 100644
--- a/src/main/java/caosdb/server/jobs/extension/AWIBoxLoan.java
+++ b/src/main/java/caosdb/server/jobs/extension/AWIBoxLoan.java
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ public class AWIBoxLoan extends AWIBoxLoanModel {
       if (Objects.equals(p.getId(), getEmailID()) && p.getValue() instanceof SingleValue) {
         if (!Utils.isRFC822Compliant(((SingleValue) p.getValue()).toDatabaseString())) {
           p.addError(ServerMessages.EMAIL_NOT_WELL_FORMED);
+        } else {
+          p.setName("email"); // TODO fix webinterface to use lower-case email
+          p.setNameOverride(false);
         }
         return true;
       }