diff --git a/androidApp/src/main/java/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/android/model/ParecelableItem.kt b/androidApp/src/main/java/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/android/model/ParecelableItem.kt
index 9eaf41d..7ae2939 100644
--- a/androidApp/src/main/java/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/android/model/ParecelableItem.kt
+++ b/androidApp/src/main/java/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/android/model/ParecelableItem.kt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ data class ParecelableItem(
     val link: String,
     val sourcetitle: String,
     val tags: String,
-    val author: String
+    val author: String?
 ) : Parcelable {
 
     companion object {
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/model/SelfossModel.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/model/SelfossModel.kt
index 7566f18..5d4d5c4 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/model/SelfossModel.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/model/SelfossModel.kt
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class SelfossModel {
         val sourcetitle: String,
         @Serializable(with = TagsListSerializer::class)
         val tags: List<String>,
-        val author: String
+        val author: String?
     ) {
         // TODO: maybe find a better way to handle these kind of urls
         fun getLinkDecoded(): String {
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class SelfossModel {
 
         fun sourceAuthorAndDate(): String {
             var txt = this.sourcetitle.getHtmlDecoded()
-            if (this.author.isNotEmpty()) {
+            if (!this.author.isNullOrBlank()) {
                 txt += " (by ${this.author}) "
             }
             txt += DateUtils.parseRelativeDate(this.datetime)
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/repository/RepositoryImpl.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/repository/RepositoryImpl.kt
index 3979733..26d1733 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/repository/RepositoryImpl.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/repository/RepositoryImpl.kt
@@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ class Repository(
             item.link,
             item.sourcetitle,
             item.tags.joinToString(","),
+            item.author,
             item.id.toString()
         )
 
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/sqldelight/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/dao/2.sqm b/shared/src/commonMain/sqldelight/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/dao/2.sqm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc2dc04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/sqldelight/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/dao/2.sqm
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+CREATE TABLE ITEM_BACKUP AS SELECT `id`, `datetime`, `title`, `content`,
+ `unread`, `starred`, `thumbnail`, `icon`, `link`, `sourcetitle`,
+ `tags` FROM ITEM;
+ALTER TABLE ITEM_BACKUP ADD COLUMN `author` TEXT;
+DROP TABLE ITEM;
+ALTER TABLE ITEM_BACKUP RENAME TO ITEM;
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diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/sqldelight/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/dao/Items.sq b/shared/src/commonMain/sqldelight/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/dao/Items.sq
index ed9fa8e..fd5f34e 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/sqldelight/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/dao/Items.sq
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/sqldelight/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/dao/Items.sq
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CREATE TABLE ITEM (
     `link` TEXT NOT NULL,
     `sourcetitle` TEXT NOT NULL,
     `tags` TEXT NOT NULL,
-    `author` TEXT NOT NULL,
+    `author` TEXT,
     PRIMARY KEY(`id`)
 );
 
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ deleteItemsWhereSource:
 DELETE FROM ITEM WHERE `sourcetitle` = ?;
 
 updateItem:
-UPDATE ITEM SET `datetime` = ?, `title` = ?, `content` = ?, `unread` = ?, `starred` = ?, `thumbnail` = ?, `icon` = ?, `link` = ?, `sourcetitle` = ?, `tags` = ? WHERE `id` = ?;
\ No newline at end of file
+UPDATE ITEM SET `datetime` = ?, `title` = ?, `content` = ?, `unread` = ?, `starred` = ?, `thumbnail` = ?, `icon` = ?, `link` = ?, `sourcetitle` = ?, `tags` = ?, `author` = ? WHERE `id` = ?;
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