diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2beaddf..2ecefc0 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ for:
 
 * cron: daily cron configuration for the generation of the diffusions
 * supervisorctl: audio stream generation, website, sounds monitoring
-* nginx: sampe config file (must be adapted)
+* nginx: sample config file (must be adapted)
 
 The scripts are written with  a combination of `cron`, `supervisord`, `nginx`
 and `gunicorn` in mind.
diff --git a/aircox/settings.py b/aircox/settings.py
index 0cf7e63..1fb76da 100755
--- a/aircox/settings.py
+++ b/aircox/settings.py
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ from django.conf import settings
 def ensure (key, default):
     globals()[key] = getattr(settings, key, default)
 
+# name of the group assigned by default to all users that are created
+ensure('AIRCOX_DEFAULT_USER_GROUP', 'Radio Hosts')
+ensure('AIRCOX_DEFAULT_USER_GROUP_PERMS', (
+    'change_program', 'change_diffusion',
+    'change_sound',
+    'add_track', 'change_track', 'delete_track',
+    'add_tag', 'change_tag', 'delete_tag',
+))
 
 # Directory for the programs data
 ensure('AIRCOX_PROGRAMS_DIR',
diff --git a/aircox/signals.py b/aircox/signals.py
index 5bb87a9..13cf2ae 100755
--- a/aircox/signals.py
+++ b/aircox/signals.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from django.db.models.signals import post_save, pre_delete
+from django.db.models.signals import post_save, pre_save, pre_delete, m2m_changed
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User, Group, Permission
 
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _, ugettext_lazy
@@ -6,6 +7,31 @@ from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 
 import aircox.models as models
 import aircox.utils as utils
+import aircox.settings as settings
+
+# Add a default group to a user when it is created. It also assigns a list
+# of permissions to the group if it is created.
+#
+# - group name: settings.AIRCOX_DEFAULT_USER_GROUP
+# - group permissions: settings.AIRCOX_DEFAULT_USER_GROUP_PERMS
+#
+@receiver(post_save, sender=User)
+def user_default_groups(sender, instance, created, *args, **kwargs):
+    groupName = settings.AIRCOX_DEFAULT_USER_GROUP
+    if not created or instance.is_superuser or \
+            instance.groups.filter(name = groupName).count():
+        return
+
+    group, created = Group.objects.get_or_create(name = groupName)
+    if created:
+        for codename in settings.AIRCOX_DEFAULT_USER_GROUP_PERMS:
+            permission = Permission.objects.filter(codename = codename).first()
+            if permission:
+                group.permissions.add(permission)
+        group.save()
+
+    instance.groups.add(group)
+
 
 # FIXME: avoid copy of the code in schedule_post_saved and
 #        schedule_pre_delete