diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshFeed.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshFeed.ts
index b9d8ba85e..a97030ab1 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshFeed.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/rss/refreshFeed.ts
@@ -48,12 +48,14 @@ export const isRefreshFeedRequest = (data: any): data is RefreshFeedRequest => {
 
 // link can be a string or an object
 type RssFeedItemLink = string | { $: { rel?: string; href: string } }
+type RssFeedItemAuthor = string | { name: string }
 type RssFeed = Parser.Output<{
   published?: string
   updated?: string
   created?: string
   link?: RssFeedItemLink
   links?: RssFeedItemLink[]
+  author?: RssFeedItemAuthor
 }> & {
   lastBuildDate?: string
   'syn:updatePeriod'?: string
@@ -386,6 +388,7 @@ const parser = new Parser({
       'created',
       ['media:content', 'media:content', { keepArray: true }],
       ['media:thumbnail'],
+      'author',
     ],
     feed: [
       'lastBuildDate',
@@ -473,6 +476,14 @@ const getLink = (
   return url
 }
 
+// get author
+const getAuthor = (author: RssFeedItemAuthor) => {
+  if (typeof author === 'string') {
+    return author
+  }
+  return author.name
+}
+
 const processSubscription = async (
   fetchContentTasks: Map<string, FetchContentTask>,
   subscriptionId: string,
@@ -536,10 +547,13 @@ const processSubscription = async (
         throw new Error('Invalid feed item link')
       }
 
+      const creator = item.creator || (item.author && getAuthor(item.author))
+
       const feedItem = {
         ...item,
         isoDate,
         link,
+        creator,
       }
 
       const publishedAt = feedItem.isoDate
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
index 82eae37cf..358f05431 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ export const subscribeResolver = authorized<
         ...existingSubscription,
         fetchContentType: input.fetchContentType
           ? (input.fetchContentType as FetchContentType)
-          : undefined,
-        folder: input.folder ?? undefined,
+          : existingSubscription.fetchContentType,
+        folder: input.folder ?? existingSubscription.folder,
         isPrivate: input.isPrivate,
         status: SubscriptionStatus.Active,
       })
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts b/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts
index 88b2201eb..232ef3cad 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export const savePage = async (
     }
   }
 
-  const parseResult = await parsePreparedContent(input.url, {
+  const preparedDocument: PreparedDocumentInput = {
     document: input.originalContent,
     pageInfo: {
       title: input.title,
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ export const savePage = async (
       previewImage: input.previewImage,
       author: input.author,
     },
-  })
+  }
+
+  const parseResult = await parsePreparedContent(input.url, preparedDocument)
 
   const itemToSave = parsedContentToLibraryItem({
     itemId: clientRequestId,
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ export const savePage = async (
     folder: input.folder,
     feedContent: input.feedContent,
     dir: parseResult.parsedContent?.dir,
+    preparedDocument,
   })
   const isImported =
     input.source === 'csv-importer' || input.source === 'pocket'
@@ -247,7 +250,7 @@ export const parsedContentToLibraryItem = ({
       croppedPathname ||
       parsedContent?.siteName ||
       url,
-    author: parsedContent?.byline,
+    author: preparedDocument?.pageInfo.author || parsedContent?.byline,
     originalUrl: cleanUrl(canonicalUrl || url),
     itemType,
     textContentHash: