diff --git a/program/migrations/0081_remove_note_owner.py b/program/migrations/0081_remove_note_owner.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d1eb33f2c4c46d582f619be11a4c23fb8bdc872a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/program/migrations/0081_remove_note_owner.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# Generated by Django 4.2.10 on 2024-02-14 01:42
-
-from django.db import migrations
-
-
-class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-    dependencies = [
-        ("program", "0080_alter_note_options_alter_show_options_and_more"),
-    ]
-
-    operations = [
-        migrations.RemoveField(
-            model_name="note",
-            name="owner",
-        ),
-    ]
diff --git a/program/models.py b/program/models.py
index 69ce8891af1587e7dcb0c5aa567baa8d4d29f6de..3148c7cceb3ba956e1d4e9070ea5c88ab0411b1a 100644
--- a/program/models.py
+++ b/program/models.py
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ class Note(models.Model):
     created_by = models.CharField(max_length=150)
     image = models.ForeignKey(Image, null=True, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="notes")
     language = models.ManyToManyField(Language, blank=True, related_name="episodes")
+    owner = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="notes", default=1)
     playlist = models.TextField(blank=True)
     # TODO: this requires show in the model and an unique_together constraint. Do we need this?
     slug = models.SlugField(blank=True, max_length=32)