diff --git a/content/pages/edit.json b/content/pages/edit.json
index ac8e21e0d..895b0f68e 100644
--- a/content/pages/edit.json
+++ b/content/pages/edit.json
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@
         "options": ["Forever", "1 day", "1 week", "1 month", "1 year"],
         "sortOptions": false,
         "required": true
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "author",
+        "label": "New Author",
+        "placeholder": "e.g. Mrs McJellyfish",
+        "help": "Give proper attribution for your data set.",
+        "required": false
       }
     ]
   }
diff --git a/src/@types/MetaData.d.ts b/src/@types/MetaData.d.ts
index 2481338b5..1eeddc054 100644
--- a/src/@types/MetaData.d.ts
+++ b/src/@types/MetaData.d.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ export interface MetadataEditForm {
   timeout: string
   price?: number
   links?: string | EditableMetadataLinks[]
+  author?: string
 }
 
 export interface ServiceMetadataMarket extends ServiceMetadata {
diff --git a/src/components/organisms/AssetActions/Edit/index.tsx b/src/components/organisms/AssetActions/Edit/index.tsx
index cea8e903b..62ee2b4a4 100644
--- a/src/components/organisms/AssetActions/Edit/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/organisms/AssetActions/Edit/index.tsx
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ export default function Edit({
       const ddoEditedMetdata = await ocean.assets.editMetadata(ddo, {
         title: values.name,
         description: values.description,
-        links: typeof values.links !== 'string' ? values.links : []
+        links: typeof values.links !== 'string' ? values.links : [],
+        author: values.author === '' ? ' ' : values.author
       })
 
       price.type === 'exchange' &&
diff --git a/src/models/FormEditMetadata.ts b/src/models/FormEditMetadata.ts
index 0df3831d7..d16ca3a8d 100644
--- a/src/models/FormEditMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/models/FormEditMetadata.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ export const validationSchema = Yup.object().shape({
   description: Yup.string().required('Required').min(10),
   price: Yup.number().required('Required'),
   links: Yup.array<EditableMetadataLinks[]>().nullable(),
-  timeout: Yup.string().required('Required')
+  timeout: Yup.string().required('Required'),
+  author: Yup.string().nullable()
 })
 
 export function getInitialValues(
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ export function getInitialValues(
     description: metadata.additionalInformation.description,
     price,
     links: metadata.additionalInformation.links,
-    timeout: secondsToString(timeout)
+    timeout: secondsToString(timeout),
+    author: metadata.main.author
   }
 }