diff --git a/lib/classes/JsonApi/Routes/Courseware/StructuralElementsCreate.php b/lib/classes/JsonApi/Routes/Courseware/StructuralElementsCreate.php
index c8ab5e1e4f814f46ed28bebc83b50b07bf42c54d..47ada6399823c521b330fe7ef360eaf75b2f307e 100644
--- a/lib/classes/JsonApi/Routes/Courseware/StructuralElementsCreate.php
+++ b/lib/classes/JsonApi/Routes/Courseware/StructuralElementsCreate.php
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ class StructuralElementsCreate extends JsonApiController
             'title' => self::arrayGet($json, 'data.attributes.title', ''),
             'purpose' => self::arrayGet($json, 'data.attributes.purpose', $parent->purpose),
             'payload' => self::arrayGet($json, 'data.attributes.payload', ''),
+            'read_approval' => self::arrayGet($json, 'data.attributes.read-approval', []),
+            'write_approval' => self::arrayGet($json, 'data.attributes.write-approval', []),
             'position' => $parent->countChildren()
         ]);
 
diff --git a/resources/vue/components/courseware/CoursewareStructuralElement.vue b/resources/vue/components/courseware/CoursewareStructuralElement.vue
index e8de3b1518bd8ea6fb1a393d77e0f2adf7c8566e..97abfec4449ac7209716e76250ebd1e1175a4095 100644
--- a/resources/vue/components/courseware/CoursewareStructuralElement.vue
+++ b/resources/vue/components/courseware/CoursewareStructuralElement.vue
@@ -1576,6 +1576,8 @@ export default {
         async createElement() {
             let title = this.newChapterName; // this is the title of the new element
             let parent_id = this.currentId; // new page is descandant as default
+            let writeApproval = this.currentElement.attributes['write-approval'];
+            let readApproval = this.currentElement.attributes['read-approval'];
 
             this.errorEmptyChapterName = title.trim();
             if (this.errorEmptyChapterName === '') {
@@ -1583,11 +1585,15 @@ export default {
             }
             if (this.newChapterParent === 'sibling') {
                 parent_id = this.structuralElement.relationships.parent.data.id;
+                writeApproval = [];
+                readApproval = [];
             }
             this.showElementAddDialog(false);
             await this.createStructuralElement({
                 attributes: {
-                    title,
+                    title: title,
+                    'write-approval':  writeApproval,
+                    'read-approval': readApproval
                 },
                 parentId: parent_id,
                 currentId: this.currentId,