diff --git a/lib/TTCrud/TTCrud.php b/lib/TTCrud/TTCrud.php
index 7c963e1c3..daca7bbcc 100644
--- a/lib/TTCrud/TTCrud.php
+++ b/lib/TTCrud/TTCrud.php
@@ -84,21 +84,19 @@ class TTCrud extends mfBaseController {
      * @return array
      */
     protected function getCrudConfig(): array {
-        if (method_exists($this, 'prepareCrudConfig')) {
-            $this->prepareCrudConfig();
-        }
+
 
         $column = array_search('createBy', array_column($this->columns, 'key'));
-        if ($column !== false && 
-        isset($this->columns[$column]['modal']['items']) &&
-        is_array($this->columns[$column]['modal']['items']) &&
-        count($this->columns[$column]['modal']['items']) > 0       
-        ) {
+        if ($column !== false) {
             $this->columns[$column]['modal']['items'] = array_map(function ($user) {
                 return ['value' => intval($user->id), 'text' => $user->name];
             }, UserModel::search(['employee' => true]));
         }
 
+        if (method_exists($this, 'prepareCrudConfig')) {
+            $this->prepareCrudConfig();
+        }
+
 
         $columns = array_map(function ($column) {
             if (isset($column['type']) && (!isset($column['modal']) || !isset($column['modal']['type']))) {