diff --git a/ExpressAPI/src/routes/EnonceRoutes.ts b/ExpressAPI/src/routes/EnonceRoutes.ts
index d81f836b78bd3925698d888b6750eb63e24b006d..dbe094ebabe6a32672d46d948575dec5bf01b219 100644
--- a/ExpressAPI/src/routes/EnonceRoutes.ts
+++ b/ExpressAPI/src/routes/EnonceRoutes.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ class EnonceRoutes implements RoutesManager {
         let repository: GitlabRepository;
         try {
             repository = await GitlabManager.createRepository(params.name, Config.enonce.default.description.replace('{{ENONCE_NAME}}', params.name), Config.enonce.default.visibility, Config.enonce.default.initReadme, Config.gitlab.group.enonces, Config.enonce.default.sharedRunnersEnabled, Config.enonce.default.wikiEnabled, params.template);
+
+            await GitlabManager.protectBranch(repository.id, '*', true, GitlabAccessLevel.DEVELOPER, GitlabAccessLevel.DEVELOPER, GitlabAccessLevel.OWNER);
         } catch ( error ) {
             if ( error instanceof AxiosError ) {
                 if ( error.response.data.message.name && error.response.data.message.name == 'has already been taken' ) {
diff --git a/ExpressAPI/src/routes/ExerciceRoutes.ts b/ExpressAPI/src/routes/ExerciceRoutes.ts
index f07dbd0ce3a68e8234763fe0d25b427cd326b4a2..967e720aae27614333ef52ac3f465e6eaef4cdbe 100644
--- a/ExpressAPI/src/routes/ExerciceRoutes.ts
+++ b/ExpressAPI/src/routes/ExerciceRoutes.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class ExerciceRoutes implements RoutesManager {
             try {
                 repository = await GitlabManager.forkRepository((enonce.gitlabCreationInfo as unknown as GitlabRepository).id, this.getExerciceName(enonce, params.members, suffix), this.getExercicePath(req.boundParams.enonce, exerciceId), Config.exercice.default.description.replace('{{ENONCE_NAME}}', enonce.name), Config.exercice.default.visibility, Config.gitlab.group.exercices);
 
-                await GitlabManager.protectBranch(repository.id, '*', false, GitlabAccessLevel.DEVELOPER, GitlabAccessLevel.DEVELOPER, GitlabAccessLevel.DEVELOPER);
+                await GitlabManager.protectBranch(repository.id, '*', false, GitlabAccessLevel.DEVELOPER, GitlabAccessLevel.DEVELOPER, GitlabAccessLevel.OWNER);
 
                 await GitlabManager.addRepositoryVariable(repository.id, 'DOJO_EXERCICE_ID', exerciceId, false, true);
                 await GitlabManager.addRepositoryVariable(repository.id, 'DOJO_SECRET', secret, false, true);