diff --git a/src/agenda_culturel/migrations/0078_alter_event_category_and_more.py b/src/agenda_culturel/migrations/0078_alter_event_category_and_more.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d2382c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/agenda_culturel/migrations/0078_alter_event_category_and_more.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.9 on 2024-09-14 13:18
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('agenda_culturel', '0077_category_position_alter_event_category_and_more'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='event',
+            name='category',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(default=1, help_text='Category of the event', null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_DEFAULT, to='agenda_culturel.category', verbose_name='Category'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='recurrentimport',
+            name='defaultCategory',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(default=1, help_text='Category of each imported event', on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_DEFAULT, to='agenda_culturel.category', verbose_name='Category'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/agenda_culturel/models.py b/src/agenda_culturel/models.py
index 87753a8..ab9c209 100644
--- a/src/agenda_culturel/models.py
+++ b/src/agenda_culturel/models.py
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ class Category(models.Model):
 
     def get_default_category():
         try:
+            # try to get an existing category
+            default = Category.objects.get(name=Category.default_name)
+
+            return default
+        except:
+            # if it does not exist, return it
             default, created = Category.objects.get_or_create(
                 name=Category.default_name,
                 alt_name=Category.default_alt_name,
@@ -144,10 +150,6 @@ class Category(models.Model):
                 color=Category.default_color,
             )
 
-            return default
-        except:
-            return None
-
     def get_default_category_id():
         cat = Category.get_default_category()
         if cat: