diff --git a/app/controllers/api/teams.php b/app/controllers/api/teams.php
index c3cf64e41c..8981695aa3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/teams.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/teams.php
@@ -316,6 +316,15 @@ $utopia->post('/v1/teams/:teamId/memberships')
                 $team = $projectDB->updateDocument(\array_merge($team->getArrayCopy(), [
                     'sum' => $team->getAttribute('sum', 0) + 1,
                 ]));
+
+                // Attach user to team
+                $invitee->setAttribute('memberships', $membership, Document::SET_TYPE_APPEND);
+
+                $invitee = $projectDB->updateDocument($invitee->getArrayCopy());
+
+                if (false === $invitee) {
+                    throw new Exception('Failed saving user to DB', 500);
+                }
     
                 Authorization::reset();
             } else {