diff --git a/files/templates/submit_hats.html b/files/templates/submit_hats.html
index 3cbb588fc..f93e4912d 100644
--- a/files/templates/submit_hats.html
+++ b/files/templates/submit_hats.html
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 							<input autocomplete="off" type="text" id="name" class="form-control" name="name" maxlength="50" pattern='[a-zA-Z0-9\-() ,_]{1,50}' required>
 
 							<label class="mt-3" for="author">Author</label>
-							<input autocomplete="off" type="text" id="author" class="form-control" name="author" value="{{v.username.lower()}}" maxlength="30" pattern='[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]{3,30}' required>
+							<input autocomplete="off" type="text" id="author" class="form-control" name="author" maxlength="30" pattern='[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]{3,30}' required>
 
 							<label class="mt-3" for="description">Description</label>
 							<input autocomplete="off" type="text" id="description" class="form-control" name="description" maxlength="300" pattern='[^<>&\n\t]{1,300}' required>
diff --git a/files/templates/submit_marseys.html b/files/templates/submit_marseys.html
index 7e7de1c05..0a734f517 100644
--- a/files/templates/submit_marseys.html
+++ b/files/templates/submit_marseys.html
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 							<input autocomplete="off" type="text" id="name" class="form-control" name="name" maxlength="30" pattern='marsey[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,24}' required>
 
 							<label class="mt-3" for="author">Author</label>
-							<input autocomplete="off" type="text" id="author" class="form-control" name="author" value="{{v.username.lower()}}" maxlength="30" pattern='[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]{3,30}' required>
+							<input autocomplete="off" type="text" id="author" class="form-control" name="author" maxlength="30" pattern='[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]{3,30}' required>
 
 							<label class="mt-3" for="tags">Tags (must be separated by spaces)</label>
 							<input autocomplete="off" type="text" id="tags" class="form-control" name="tags" maxlength="200" pattern='[a-zA-Z0-9: ]{1,200}' required>