diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Compile/ClsiManager.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Compile/ClsiManager.coffee
index e03916c0fe..fd65454054 100755
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Compile/ClsiManager.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Compile/ClsiManager.coffee
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ module.exports = ClsiManager =
 
 	VALID_COMPILERS: ["pdflatex", "latex", "xelatex", "lualatex"]
 	_buildRequest: (project_id, settingsOverride={}, callback = (error, request) ->) ->
-		Project.findById project_id, {compiler: 1, rootDoc_id: 1}, (error, project) ->
+		Project.findById project_id, {compiler: 1, rootDoc_id: 1, imageName: 1}, (error, project) ->
 			return callback(error) if error?
 			return callback(new Errors.NotFoundError("project does not exist: #{project_id}")) if !project?
 
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ module.exports = ClsiManager =
 								options:
 									compiler: project.compiler
 									timeout: settingsOverride.timeout
+									imageName: project.imageName
 								rootResourcePath: rootResourcePath
 								resources: resources
 						}
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectCreationHandler.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectCreationHandler.coffee
index c461c04341..ad32a4d7a2 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectCreationHandler.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectCreationHandler.coffee
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ module.exports =
 		project = new Project
 			 owner_ref  : new ObjectId(owner_id)
 			 name       : projectName
+		if Settings.currentImageName?
+			project.imageName = Settings.currentImageName
 		project.rootFolder[0] = rootFolder
 		User.findById owner_id, "ace.spellCheckLanguage", (err, user)->
 			project.spellCheckLanguage = user.ace.spellCheckLanguage
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/models/Project.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/models/Project.coffee
index 111ef40cfb..77fbdaf1d4 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/models/Project.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/models/Project.coffee
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ ProjectSchema = new Schema
 	description : {type:String, default:''}
 	archived          : { type: Boolean }
 	deletedDocs       : [DeletedDocSchema]
+	imageName         : { type: String }
 
 ProjectSchema.statics.getProject = (project_or_id, fields, callback)->
 	if project_or_id._id?
diff --git a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Compile/ClsiManagerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Compile/ClsiManagerTests.coffee
index 66c21c2400..e47f72daca 100644
--- a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Compile/ClsiManagerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Compile/ClsiManagerTests.coffee
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ describe "ClsiManager", ->
 				_id: @project_id
 				compiler: @compiler = "latex"
 				rootDoc_id: "mock-doc-id-1"
+				imageName: @image = "mock-image-name"
 
 			@docs = {
 				"/main.tex": @doc_1 = {
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ describe "ClsiManager", ->
 
 			it "should get the project with the required fields", ->
 				@Project.findById
-					.calledWith(@project_id, {compiler:1, rootDoc_id: 1})
+					.calledWith(@project_id, {compiler:1, rootDoc_id: 1, imageName: 1})
 					.should.equal true
 
 			it "should get all the docs", ->
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ describe "ClsiManager", ->
 						options:
 							compiler: @compiler
 							timeout : 100
+							imageName: @image
 						rootResourcePath: "main.tex"
 						resources: [{
 							path:    "main.tex"
diff --git a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectCreationHandlerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectCreationHandlerTests.coffee
index d6004bffa2..5ce1d5687d 100644
--- a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectCreationHandlerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectCreationHandlerTests.coffee
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ spies = require('chai-spies')
 chai = require('chai').use(spies)
 sinon = require("sinon")
 should = chai.should()
+expect = chai.expect
 modulePath = "../../../../app/js/Features/Project/ProjectCreationHandler.js"
 SandboxedModule = require('sandboxed-module')
 Settings = require('settings-sharelatex')
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ describe 'ProjectCreationHandler', ->
 			'../../models/Project':{Project:@ProjectModel}
 			'../../models/Folder':{Folder:@FolderModel}
 			'./ProjectEntityHandler':@ProjectEntityHandler
+			"settings-sharelatex": @Settings = {}
 			'logger-sharelatex': {log:->}
 
 	describe 'Creating a Blank project', ->
@@ -70,6 +72,18 @@ describe 'ProjectCreationHandler', ->
 				@handler.createBlankProject ownerId, projectName, (err, project)->
 					project.spellCheckLanguage.should.equal "de"
 					done()
+			
+			it "should set the imageName to currentImageName if set", (done) ->
+				@Settings.currentImageName = "mock-image-name"
+				@handler.createBlankProject ownerId, projectName, (err, project)=>
+					project.imageName.should.equal @Settings.currentImageName
+					done()
+			
+			it "should not set the imageName if no currentImageName", (done) ->
+				@Settings.currentImageName = null
+				@handler.createBlankProject ownerId, projectName, (err, project)=>
+					expect(project.imageName).to.not.exist
+					done()
 
 		describe "with an error", ->
 			beforeEach ->