diff --git a/src/FilterLists.Data/Entities/FilterList.cs b/src/FilterLists.Data/Entities/FilterList.cs
index 1763eba54..5e12d2505 100644
--- a/src/FilterLists.Data/Entities/FilterList.cs
+++ b/src/FilterLists.Data/Entities/FilterList.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace FilterLists.Data.Entities
     public class FilterList : BaseEntity
     {
         public List<Language> Languages { get; set; }
-        public virtual Maintainer Maintainer { get; set; }
+        public long MaintainerId { get; set; }
         public string Description { get; set; }
         public string DescriptionSourceUrl { get; set; }
         public string DonateUrl { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/FilterLists.Data/EntityTypeConfigurations/FilterListTypeConfiguration.cs b/src/FilterLists.Data/EntityTypeConfigurations/FilterListTypeConfiguration.cs
index 3e12c84a7..82fca8f9e 100644
--- a/src/FilterLists.Data/EntityTypeConfigurations/FilterListTypeConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/FilterLists.Data/EntityTypeConfigurations/FilterListTypeConfiguration.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ public class FilterListTypeConfiguration : BaseEntityTypeConfiguration<FilterLis
     {
         public override void Configure(EntityTypeBuilder<FilterList> entityTypeBuilder)
         {
-            entityTypeBuilder.Property(b => b.Maintainer)
+            entityTypeBuilder.Property(b => b.MaintainerId)
                 .HasAnnotation("JsonIgnore", new JsonIgnoreAttribute());
 
             entityTypeBuilder.Property(b => b.Description)