diff --git a/e107_core/sql/core_sql.php b/e107_core/sql/core_sql.php
index 06f1ea626..6a2f9aeb3 100644
--- a/e107_core/sql/core_sql.php
+++ b/e107_core/sql/core_sql.php
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ CREATE TABLE submitnews (
   submitnews_id int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
   submitnews_name varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
   submitnews_email varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
+  submitnews_user int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
   submitnews_title varchar(200) NOT NULL default '',
   submitnews_category tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
   submitnews_item text NOT NULL,
diff --git a/submitnews.php b/submitnews.php
index 57b1eb1fc..16b034c7f 100644
--- a/submitnews.php
+++ b/submitnews.php
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ class submitNews
 				'submitnews_id'             => 0,
 				'submitnews_name'           => $submitnews_user,
 				'submitnews_email'          => $submitnews_email,
+				'submitnews_user'           => USERID,
 				'submitnews_title'          => $submitnews_title,
 				'submitnews_category'       => intval($_POST['cat_id']),
 				'submitnews_item'           => $submitnews_item,