diff --git a/renku/ui/service/cache/projects.py b/renku/ui/service/cache/projects.py
index e95d2bce88..2cb06085bf 100644
--- a/renku/ui/service/cache/projects.py
+++ b/renku/ui/service/cache/projects.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 """Renku service project cache management."""
 from typing import cast
 
-from marshmallow import EXCLUDE
+from marshmallow import RAISE
 
 from renku.ui.service.cache.base import BaseCache
 from renku.ui.service.cache.models.project import Project
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def make_project(self, user, project_data, persist=True) -> Project:
         """Store user project metadata."""
         project_data.update({"user_id": user.user_id})
 
-        project_obj: Project = cast(Project, self.project_schema.load(project_data, unknown=EXCLUDE))
+        project_obj: Project = cast(Project, self.project_schema.load(project_data, unknown=RAISE))
 
         if persist:
             project_obj.save()
diff --git a/renku/ui/service/controllers/templates_create_project.py b/renku/ui/service/controllers/templates_create_project.py
index 0b988f47d1..74048896f8 100644
--- a/renku/ui/service/controllers/templates_create_project.py
+++ b/renku/ui/service/controllers/templates_create_project.py
@@ -98,12 +98,8 @@ def setup_new_project(self):
             "name": self.ctx["project_name"],
             "slug": self.ctx["project_name_stripped"],
             "description": self.ctx["project_description"],
-            "fullname": self.ctx["fullname"],
-            "email": self.ctx["email"],
             "owner": self.ctx["project_namespace"],
-            "token": self.ctx["token"],
             "initialized": True,
-            "image": self.ctx["image"],
         }
         project = self.cache.make_project(self.user, new_project_data)
 
diff --git a/renku/ui/service/gateways/repository_cache.py b/renku/ui/service/gateways/repository_cache.py
index 158d1d9f98..a163f81a39 100644
--- a/renku/ui/service/gateways/repository_cache.py
+++ b/renku/ui/service/gateways/repository_cache.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def _clone_project(
             "owner": parsed_git_url.owner,
             "name": parsed_git_url.name,
             "slug": normalize_to_ascii(parsed_git_url.name),
-            "depth": PROJECT_CLONE_DEPTH_DEFAULT if shallow else None,
+            "clone_depth": PROJECT_CLONE_DEPTH_DEFAULT if shallow else None,
             "branch": branch,
             "git_url": git_url,
             "user_id": user.user_id,