1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/fields/Doc.ts b/src/fields/Doc.ts
index ea53bc9a2..5f5fe98bc 100644
--- a/src/fields/Doc.ts
+++ b/src/fields/Doc.ts
@@ -781,6 +781,7 @@ export namespace Doc {
         if (doc) {
             const delegate = new Doc(id, true);
             delegate.proto = doc;
+            delegate.author = Doc.CurrentUserEmail;
             title && (delegate.title = title);
             return delegate;
         }
@@ -790,7 +791,9 @@ export namespace Doc {
     let _applyCount: number = 0;
     export function ApplyTemplate(templateDoc: Doc) {
         if (templateDoc) {
-            const target = Doc.MakeDelegate(new Doc());
+            const proto = new Doc();
+            proto.author = Doc.CurrentUserEmail;
+            const target = Doc.MakeDelegate(proto);
             const targetKey = StrCast(templateDoc.layoutKey, "layout");
             const applied = ApplyTemplateTo(templateDoc, target, targetKey, templateDoc.title + "(..." + _applyCount++ + ")");
             target.layoutKey = targetKey;