diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 1d6d64f..99a817e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 21-07-2023 (AKo): V0.6.27.0
+	- install_observatory now copy default observatory if repository doesn't exists
+
+21-07-2023 (AKo): V0.6.27.0
 	- Fix issues due to deletion of modules (utils)
 	- Fix various obsconfig (add mandatory agents for default, tests obsconfig)
 	- Fix dockerfile & docker-compose.yml
diff --git a/pyros.py b/pyros.py
index 1845632..6b10326 100755
--- a/pyros.py
+++ b/pyros.py
@@ -1575,11 +1575,14 @@ def install_packages():
 @click.argument("observatory")
 def install_observatory(observatory):
     pyros_observatory_path = "../PYROS_OBSERVATORY"
+    pyros_observatory_default_path = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(
+        PYROS_DJANGO_BASE_DIR), "../../../config/pyros_observatory/pyros_observatory_default/")
+    
     if not os.path.exists(pyros_observatory_path):
         os.mkdir(pyros_observatory_path)
 
     try:
-        from git import Repo
+        from git import Repo, GitError
     except:
         pip = "pip" if IS_WINDOWS else "pip3"
         if WITH_DOCKER:
@@ -1591,17 +1594,22 @@ def install_observatory(observatory):
         process.wait()
         if process.returncode == 0:
             # self.addExecuted(self.current_command, command)
-            from git import Repo
+            from git import Repo, GitError
         else:
             log.error("GitPython package (required for obsconfig class) installation failed")
-    print(os.path.join(pyros_observatory_path, f"pyros_observatory_{observatory}"))
     if os.path.exists(os.path.join(pyros_observatory_path, f"pyros_observatory_{observatory}")):
         print("Observatory already cloned")
     else:
         print("Cloning repository")
-        cloned_repo = Repo.clone_from(
-            f"https://gitlab.irap.omp.eu/pyros-irap/pyros_observatory_{observatory}.git", os.path.join(pyros_observatory_path, f"pyros_observatory_{observatory}"))
-        print("Cloned successfully: ", cloned_repo.__class__ is Repo)
+        try:
+            cloned_repo = Repo.clone_from(
+                f"https://gitlab.irap.omp.eu/pyros-irap/pyros_observatory_{observatory}.git", os.path.join(pyros_observatory_path, f"pyros_observatory_{observatory}"))
+            print("Cloned successfully: ", cloned_repo.__class__ is Repo)
+        except GitError:
+            if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(pyros_observatory_path, f"pyros_observatory_{observatory}")):
+                print("No repository found. PyROS will create a copy of an default observatory that you can modify.")
+                shutil.copytree(pyros_observatory_default_path, os.path.join(pyros_observatory_path, f"pyros_observatory_{observatory}"))
+                print(f"Observatory created at {os.getcwd()}/{pyros_observatory_path}/pyros_observatory_observatory")
 
 
 def install_database(venv):
--
libgit2 0.21.2