diff --git a/src/app/api/notary/CustomersController.ts b/src/app/api/notary/CustomersController.ts
index 9de0192c..83d3d1c9 100644
--- a/src/app/api/notary/CustomersController.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/notary/CustomersController.ts
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ export default class CustomersController extends ApiController {
 			}
 
 			const officeId: string = req.body.user.office_Id;
-			if (query.where?.office_folders) delete query.where.office_folders;
-			const customerWhereInput: Prisma.CustomersWhereInput = { ...query.where, office_folders: { some: { office_uid: officeId } } };
+			if (query.where?.office) delete query.where.office;
+			const customerWhereInput: Prisma.CustomersWhereInput = { ...query.where, office: { uid: officeId } };
 			query.where = customerWhereInput;
 
 			//call service to get prisma entity
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ export default class CustomersController extends ApiController {
 		try {
 			//init IUser resource with request body values
 			const customerEntity = Customer.hydrate<Customer>(req.body);
+			const officeId: string = req.body.user.office_Id;
+			customerEntity.office = { uid: officeId } as any;
 			//validate user
 			try {
 				await validateOrReject(customerEntity, { groups: ["createCustomer"], forbidUnknownValues: false });