diff --git a/server/api.py b/server/api.py
index 7ed0fe5..7e45821 100644
--- a/server/api.py
+++ b/server/api.py
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ async def api_market_publish_local(data: dict):
                     f"{url}/api/collections/scenes/records",
                     headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"},
                     data={"name": scene.get("name",""), "description": scene.get("description",""),
-                          "game_id": scene.get("game_id",""), "author": scene.get("author",""),
+                          "game_id": scene.get("game_id",""), "author": scene.get("author","") or "Unknown",
                           "dashb_pending": "true", "manifest_id": scene.get("id","")},
                     files={"file": (f"{dash_id}.tss", zip_data, "application/zip")},
                 )