diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/auctions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/auctions_controller.rb
index 9a01f4e68..07f4971dc 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/auctions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/auctions_controller.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ module Api
         end
 
         auction.mark_deadline(params[:registration_deadline]) if params[:registration_deadline]
+        auction.platform = params[:platform] == 'english' ? :manual : :auto
 
         if auction.payment_not_received? || auction.domain_not_registered?
           update_whois_from_auction(Auction.pending(auction.domain))
diff --git a/app/models/auction.rb b/app/models/auction.rb
index 465a827ec..d1c46d44e 100644
--- a/app/models/auction.rb
+++ b/app/models/auction.rb
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ class Auction < ApplicationRecord
   end
 
   def restart
-    new_auction = self.class.new(domain: domain)
+    new_platform = platform.nil? ? :auto : platform
+
+    new_auction = self.class.new(domain: domain, platform: new_platform)
     new_auction.start
   end
 
diff --git a/test/integration/api/v1/auctions/update_test.rb b/test/integration/api/v1/auctions/update_test.rb
index 4e48c0ca5..099c8d529 100644
--- a/test/integration/api/v1/auctions/update_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/api/v1/auctions/update_test.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class ApiV1AuctionUpdateTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     assert_equal ({ 'id' => '1b3ee442-e8fe-4922-9492-8fcb9dccc69c',
                     'domain' => 'auction.test',
                     'status' => Auction.statuses[:awaiting_payment],
-                    'platform' => nil }), ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(response.body)
+                    'platform' => "auto" }), ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(response.body)
   end
 
   def test_marks_as_awaiting_payment
diff --git a/test/models/auction_test.rb b/test/models/auction_test.rb
index bdac5c79d..5df7166b2 100644
--- a/test/models/auction_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/auction_test.rb
@@ -131,6 +131,49 @@ class AuctionTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_not @auction.domain_registrable?('')
   end
 
+  def test_restart_new_auction_should_with_previous_manual_platform
+    @auction.update(platform: 'manual')
+    @auction.reload
+
+    assert_equal @auction.platform, 'manual'
+
+    assert_difference 'Auction.count' do
+      @auction.restart
+    end
+
+    new_auction = Auction.last
+    assert_equal new_auction.platform, 'manual'
+  end
+
+  def test_restart_new_auction_should_with_previous_auto_platform
+    @auction.update(platform: 'auto')
+    @auction.reload
+
+    assert_equal @auction.platform, 'auto'
+
+    assert_difference 'Auction.count' do
+      @auction.restart
+    end
+
+    new_auction = Auction.last
+    assert_equal new_auction.platform, 'auto'
+  end
+
+  def test_restart_new_auction_should_with_auto_if_platform_is_nil
+    @auction.update(platform: nil)
+    @auction.reload
+
+    assert_nil @auction.platform
+
+    assert_difference 'Auction.count' do
+      @auction.restart
+    end
+
+    new_auction = Auction.last
+    assert_equal new_auction.platform, 'auto'
+  end
+
+
   def test_restarts_an_auction
     assert_equal 'auction.test', @auction.domain
 
@@ -142,4 +185,30 @@ class AuctionTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal 'auction.test', new_auction.domain
     assert new_auction.started?
   end
+
+  def test_auction_restart_should_assign_the_previous_manual_platform
+    assert_equal 'auction.test', @auction.domain
+    @auction.update(platform: :manual)
+    @auction.reload
+
+    assert_difference 'Auction.count' do
+      @auction.restart
+    end
+
+    auctions = Auction.where(domain: @auction.domain)
+    assert_equal auctions.first.platform, auctions.last.platform
+  end
+
+  def test_auction_restart_should_assign_the_previous_auto_platform
+    assert_equal 'auction.test', @auction.domain
+    @auction.update(platform: :auto)
+    @auction.reload
+
+    assert_difference 'Auction.count' do
+      @auction.restart
+    end
+
+    auctions = Auction.where(domain: @auction.domain)
+    assert_equal auctions.first.platform, auctions.last.platform
+  end
 end
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