diff --git a/advlabdb/modelViews.py b/advlabdb/modelViews.py
index 6bf9280..cddfaab 100644
--- a/advlabdb/modelViews.py
+++ b/advlabdb/modelViews.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ from advlabdb.exceptions import ModelViewException
 class UserView(SecureModelView):
     column_list = ["email", "active", "roles", "assistant", "active_semester"]
     column_searchable_list = ["email"]
-    column_filters = ["active", "active_semester"]
+    column_filters = ["active", "active_semester", "assistant"]
     form_columns = ["email", "active", "roles", "active_semester"]
     column_editable_list = ["active"]
 
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ class UserView(SecureModelView):
             flash("You have registered a new admin!", "danger")
 
         try:
-            model = user_datastore.create_user(email=email, password=passwordHash, roles=roles)
+            model = user_datastore.create_user(
+                email=email, password=passwordHash, roles=roles, active_semester=form.active_semester.data
+            )
 
             self.on_model_change(form, model, True)
             self.session.commit()
@@ -367,6 +369,9 @@ class SemesterExperimentView(SecureModelView):
 
 
 class AssistantView(SecureModelView):
+    def assistantUserQueryFactory():
+        return User.query.filter(User.roles.any(Role.name == "assistant"))
+
     can_view_details = True
 
     column_list = ["first_name", "last_name", "user", "semester_experiments"]
@@ -380,7 +385,17 @@ class AssistantView(SecureModelView):
     ]
     column_searchable_list = ["first_name", "last_name", "user.email"]
     column_filters = ["user.active"]
-    form_excluded_columns = ["experiment_marks", "appointments", "semester_experiments"]
+    form_excluded_columns = ["experiment_marks", "appointments", "semester_experiments", "user"]
+
+    form_extra_fields = {
+        "user": QuerySelectField(
+            "User",
+            query_factory=assistantUserQueryFactory,
+            validators=[DataRequired()],
+            allow_blank=True,
+            blank_text="-",
+        )
+    }
 
 
 assistantBlankText = "Auto assign if experiment has only one assistant"