diff --git a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/v2/responder/resourcemessages/ResourceMessagesV2.scala b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/v2/responder/resourcemessages/ResourceMessagesV2.scala
index bb27bc88a0..c1e08be3ab 100644
--- a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/v2/responder/resourcemessages/ResourceMessagesV2.scala
+++ b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/v2/responder/resourcemessages/ResourceMessagesV2.scala
@@ -556,8 +556,8 @@ case class ReadResourceV2(
       permissions = this.permissions,
       userPermission = this.userPermission,
       values = Map.empty,
-      creationDate = Instant.now(),
-      lastModificationDate = None,
+      creationDate = this.creationDate,
+      lastModificationDate = this.lastModificationDate,
       versionDate = None,
       deletionInfo = this.deletionInfo
     )
diff --git a/webapi/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/v2/ResourcesResponderV2Spec.scala b/webapi/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/v2/ResourcesResponderV2Spec.scala
index 5784913b7f..1877c1cfe8 100644
--- a/webapi/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/v2/ResourcesResponderV2Spec.scala
+++ b/webapi/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/v2/ResourcesResponderV2Spec.scala
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ object ResourcesResponderV2Spec {
 
   private val aThingIri = "http://rdfh.ch/0001/a-thing"
   private var aThingLastModificationDate = Instant.now
+  private val aThingCreationDate = Instant.parse("2016-03-02T15:05:10Z")
 
   private val resourceIriToErase = new MutableTestIri
   private val firstValueIriToErase = new MutableTestIri
@@ -1971,6 +1972,8 @@ class ResourcesResponderV2Spec extends CoreSpec() with ImplicitSender {
         val resource = response.resources.head
         resource.resourceClassIri should equal(OntologyConstants.KnoraBase.DeletedResource.toSmartIri)
         resource.deletionInfo should not be (None)
+        resource.lastModificationDate should not be (None)
+        resource.creationDate should equal(aThingCreationDate)
         println(resource)
       }
     }