diff --git a/public/assets/js/ui-editor.js b/public/assets/js/ui-editor.js
index a380ecf..7650fa9 100644
--- a/public/assets/js/ui-editor.js
+++ b/public/assets/js/ui-editor.js
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ export function initEditor() {
     versionItems = items || [];
     if (!versionSelect) return;
     const rows = Array.isArray(versionItems) ? versionItems : [];
-    versionSelect.innerHTML = '<option value="">Version wählen</option>';
+    versionSelect.innerHTML = '';
     if (!rows.length) {
       const opt = document.createElement('option');
       opt.value = '';
@@ -277,18 +277,17 @@ export function initEditor() {
       return;
     }
     versionSelect.disabled = false;
-    rows.forEach((item) => {
+    rows.forEach((item, idx) => {
       const opt = document.createElement('option');
       const label = `#${item.version_no} – ${formatVersionDate(item.created_at)}`;
       opt.value = String(item.id);
       opt.textContent = label;
       versionSelect.appendChild(opt);
+      if (!lastVersionSelection && idx === 0) {
+        lastVersionSelection = String(item.id);
+      }
     });
-    if (lastVersionSelection) {
-      versionSelect.value = lastVersionSelection;
-    } else {
-      versionSelect.value = '';
-    }
+    if (lastVersionSelection) versionSelect.value = lastVersionSelection;
   }
 
   async function loadVersionsForCurrent() {
diff --git a/src/ApiKernel.php b/src/ApiKernel.php
index 801ee59..4285201 100644
--- a/src/ApiKernel.php
+++ b/src/ApiKernel.php
@@ -857,6 +857,16 @@ class ApiKernel
         foreach ($data as $k => $v) $stmt->bindValue(":$k", $v);
         $stmt->execute();
         $newId = (int)$this->pdo->lastInsertId();
+        try {
+            $stmt = $this->pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM `$itemsTable` WHERE `id` = :id AND `customer_id` = :cid LIMIT 1");
+            $stmt->execute([':id' => $newId, ':cid' => $customerId]);
+            $row = $stmt->fetch();
+            if ($row) {
+                $this->createContentVersion($row, $itemCols, $customerId, (int)$section['id']);
+            }
+        } catch (Throwable $e) {
+            // ignore versioning failures on create
+        }
         $this->respond(['ok' => true, 'kind' => 'content', 'id' => $newId, 'item' => ['id' => $newId, 'name' => $name]]);
     }