diff --git a/openslides/config/views.py b/openslides/config/views.py
index e93e08f18..dfeb6182e 100644
--- a/openslides/config/views.py
+++ b/openslides/config/views.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import messages
-from django.contrib.auth.models import Group, Permission
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.utils.importlib import import_module
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ from openslides.utils.views import FormView, TemplateView
 
 from openslides.config.forms import GeneralConfigForm
 from openslides.config.models import config
+from openslides.participant.api import get_or_create_anonymous_group
 
 
 class GeneralConfig(FormView):
@@ -61,22 +61,7 @@ class GeneralConfig(FormView):
         # system
         if form.cleaned_data['system_enable_anonymous']:
             config['system_enable_anonymous'] = True
-            # check for Anonymous group and (re)create it as needed
-            try:
-                anonymous = Group.objects.get(name='Anonymous')
-            except Group.DoesNotExist:
-                default_perms = ['can_see_agenda', 'can_see_projector',
-                    'can_see_motion', 'can_see_assignment',
-                    'can_see_dashboard']
-                anonymous = Group()
-                anonymous.name = 'Anonymous'
-                anonymous.save()
-                anonymous.permissions = Permission.objects.filter(
-                    codename__in=default_perms)
-                anonymous.save()
-                messages.success(self.request,
-                    _('Anonymous access enabled. Please modify the "Anonymous" ' \
-                    'group to fit your required permissions.'))
+            anonymous = get_or_create_anonymous_group()
         else:
             config['system_enable_anonymous'] = False
 
diff --git a/openslides/participant/api.py b/openslides/participant/api.py
index 938eacca6..5544af64c 100644
--- a/openslides/participant/api.py
+++ b/openslides/participant/api.py
@@ -17,12 +17,17 @@ from random import choice
 import string
 import csv
 
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
 from django.db import transaction
 
 from openslides.utils import csv_ext
 
-from openslides.participant.models import User
+from openslides.participant.models import User, Group
+
+
+DEFAULT_PERMS = ['can_see_agenda', 'can_see_projector',
+                 'can_see_motion', 'can_see_assignment',
+                 'can_see_dashboard']
 
 
 def gen_password():
@@ -93,3 +98,23 @@ def import_users(csv_file):
     except UnicodeDecodeError:
         error_messages.appen(_('Import file has wrong character encoding, only UTF-8 is supported!'))
     return (count_success, error_messages)
+
+
+def get_or_create_registered_group():
+    registered, created = Group.objects.get_or_create(
+        name__iexact='Registered', defaults={'name': 'Registered'})
+    if created:
+        registered.permissions = Permission.objects.filter(
+                    codename__in=DEFAULT_PERMS)
+        registered.save()
+    return registered
+
+
+def get_or_create_anonymous_group():
+    anonymous, created = Group.objects.get_or_create(
+        name__iexact='Anonymous', defaults={'name': 'Anonymous'})
+    if created:
+        anonymous.permissions = Permission.objects.filter(
+                    codename__in=DEFAULT_PERMS)
+        anonymous.save()
+    return anonymous
diff --git a/openslides/participant/forms.py b/openslides/participant/forms.py
index a630dae26..b1fcea525 100644
--- a/openslides/participant/forms.py
+++ b/openslides/participant/forms.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from openslides.utils.forms import (
     CssClassMixin, LocalizedModelMultipleChoiceField)
 
 from openslides.participant.models import User, Group
+from openslides.participant.api import get_or_create_registered_group
 
 
 class UserCreateForm(forms.ModelForm, CssClassMixin):
@@ -28,8 +29,7 @@ class UserCreateForm(forms.ModelForm, CssClassMixin):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if kwargs.get('instance', None) is None:
             initial = kwargs.setdefault('initial', {})
-            registered, created = Group.objects.get_or_create(
-                name__iexact='Registered', defaults={'name': 'Registered'})
+            registered = get_or_create_registered_group()
             initial['groups'] = [registered.pk]
         super(UserCreateForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/openslides/participant/models.py b/openslides/participant/models.py
index 7f2270f0f..7f047a9c4 100644
--- a/openslides/participant/models.py
+++ b/openslides/participant/models.py
@@ -251,9 +251,9 @@ def djangogroup_post_save(sender, instance, signal, *args, **kwargs):
 
 @receiver(signals.post_save, sender=User)
 def user_post_save(sender, instance, *args, **kwargs):
+    from openslides.participant.api import get_or_create_registered_group
     if not kwargs['created']:
         return
-    registered, created = Group.objects.get_or_create(
-        name__iexact='Registered', defaults={'name': 'Registered'})
+    registered = get_or_create_registered_group()
     instance.groups.add(registered)
     instance.save()