diff --git a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Application/Commands/CreateList.cs b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Application/Commands/CreateList.cs
index 26837fa2a..17d365036 100644
--- a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Application/Commands/CreateList.cs
+++ b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Application/Commands/CreateList.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 using FilterLists.Directory.Domain.Aggregates.FilterLists;
+using FilterLists.Directory.Domain.Aggregates.Licenses;
 using FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure.Persistence.Commands.Context;
 using FluentValidation;
 using MediatR;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 
 namespace FilterLists.Directory.Application.Commands;
 
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ public record Command(string Name,
         Uri? ChatUrl = default,
         string? EmailAddress = default,
         Uri? DonateUrl = default,
-        string? ChangeReason = default) : IRequest<Response>;
+        string? CreateReason = default) : IRequest<Response>;
 
     public record FilterListViewUrl(short SegmentNumber, short Primariness, Uri Url);
 
@@ -45,11 +47,14 @@ public Handler(ICommandContext commandContext)
 
         public async Task<Response> Handle(Command request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
+            // TODO: push applying domain rule of specified or default license into domain layer?
             var license = request.LicenseId != null
-                ? await _commandContext.Licenses.FindAsync(new object[] { request.LicenseId.Value },
-                    cancellationToken) ?? throw new ArgumentException($"LicenseId {request.LicenseId} not found.",
-                    nameof(request.LicenseId))
-                : default;
+                ? await _commandContext.Licenses
+                      .FindAsync(new object[] { request.LicenseId.Value }, cancellationToken)
+                  ?? throw new ArgumentException($"LicenseId {request.LicenseId} not found.", nameof(request.LicenseId))
+                : await _commandContext.Licenses
+                    .WhereIsDefaultForFilterList()
+                    .SingleAsync(cancellationToken);
 
             var filterList = FilterList.Create(
                 request.Name,
@@ -65,7 +70,7 @@ public async Task<Response> Handle(Command request, CancellationToken cancellati
                 request.EmailAddress,
                 request.DonateUrl,
                 request.ViewUrls.Select(u => (u.SegmentNumber, u.Primariness, u.Url)),
-                request.ChangeReason);
+                request.CreateReason);
             _commandContext.FilterLists.Add(filterList);
 
             await _commandContext.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken);
diff --git a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Domain/Aggregates/FilterLists/FilterList.cs b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Domain/Aggregates/FilterLists/FilterList.cs
index ab59d4c9a..92f362cb6 100644
--- a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Domain/Aggregates/FilterLists/FilterList.cs
+++ b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Domain/Aggregates/FilterLists/FilterList.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ namespace FilterLists.Directory.Domain.Aggregates.FilterLists;
 public sealed class FilterList : AggregateRoot, IRequireChangeApproval<FilterListChange>
 {
     private ICollection<FilterListChange> _changes = new HashSet<FilterListChange>();
-    private int _licenseId;
 
     private FilterList()
     {
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ private FilterList()
 
     public string Name { get; private init; } = null!;
     public string? Description { get; private init; }
-    public License License { get; private set; } = null!;
+    public License License { get; private init; } = null!;
     public Uri? HomeUrl { get; private init; }
     public Uri? OnionUrl { get; private init; }
     public Uri? PolicyUrl { get; private init; }
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ private FilterList()
     public static FilterList Create(
         string name,
         string? description,
-        License? license,
+        License license,
         Uri? homeUrl,
         Uri? onionUrl,
         Uri? policyUrl,
@@ -54,6 +53,7 @@ public static FilterList Create(
         {
             Name = name,
             Description = description,
+            License = license,
             HomeUrl = homeUrl,
             OnionUrl = onionUrl,
             PolicyUrl = policyUrl,
@@ -65,17 +65,6 @@ public static FilterList Create(
             DonateUrl = donateUrl,
             ViewUrls = urls
         };
-
-        // TODO: resolve temporary inconsistent state between nav prop (default null) and ID field (default 0) between creation and adding to DbContext
-        if (license is not null)
-        {
-            list.License = license;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            list._licenseId = License.DefaultAllRightsReservedId;
-        }
-
         list._changes = new HashSet<FilterListChange>(new[] { FilterListChange.Create(list, createReason) });
         return list;
     }
diff --git a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Domain/Aggregates/Licenses/License.cs b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Domain/Aggregates/Licenses/License.cs
index 16a53afc0..bfd8c357b 100644
--- a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Domain/Aggregates/Licenses/License.cs
+++ b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Domain/Aggregates/Licenses/License.cs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ public sealed class License
 {
     private License() { }
 
-    public static int DefaultAllRightsReservedId => 5;
-
     public string Name { get; private init; } = null!;
     public Uri? Url { get; private init; }
     public bool PermitsModification { get; private init; }
diff --git a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Domain/Aggregates/Licenses/LicenseExtensions.cs b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Domain/Aggregates/Licenses/LicenseExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c64b797c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Domain/Aggregates/Licenses/LicenseExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+namespace FilterLists.Directory.Domain.Aggregates.Licenses;
+
+public static class LicenseExtensions
+{
+    public static IQueryable<License> WhereIsDefaultForFilterList(this IQueryable<License> licenses)
+    {
+        return licenses.Where(l => l.Name == "All Rights Reserved");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Commands/EntityTypeConfigurations/FilterListTypeConfiguration.cs b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Commands/EntityTypeConfigurations/FilterListTypeConfiguration.cs
index b799aa3bc..a4298b110 100644
--- a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Commands/EntityTypeConfigurations/FilterListTypeConfiguration.cs
+++ b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/Persistence/Commands/EntityTypeConfigurations/FilterListTypeConfiguration.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-using System.Globalization;
-using EFCore.NamingConventions.Internal;
-using FilterLists.Directory.Domain.Aggregates.FilterLists;
+using FilterLists.Directory.Domain.Aggregates.FilterLists;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders;
 
@@ -10,15 +8,7 @@ internal class FilterListTypeConfiguration : IEntityTypeConfiguration<FilterList
 {
     public virtual void Configure(EntityTypeBuilder<FilterList> builder)
     {
-        // TODO: register and resolve INameRewriter
-        var nr = new SnakeCaseNameRewriter(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
-
         builder.Property<int>(nameof(Queries.Entities.FilterList.Id));
-        builder.Property("_licenseId")
-            .HasColumnName(nr.RewriteName(nameof(Queries.Entities.FilterList.LicenseId)));
-        builder.HasOne(f => f.License)
-            .WithMany()
-            .HasForeignKey("_licenseId");
         builder.Navigation(f => f.Changes)
             .AutoInclude();
         builder.Navigation(f => f.ViewUrls)