diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapMetadata.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapMetadata.cs
index f729b55154..6349476550 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapMetadata.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapMetadata.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class BeatmapMetadata : RealmObject, IBeatmapMetadataInfo
         [JsonProperty("artist_unicode")]
         public string ArtistUnicode { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 
-        public RealmUser Author { get; set; } = new RealmUser();
+        public RealmUser Author { get; set; } = new RealmUser(); // TODO: not sure we want to initialise this only to have it overwritten by retrieval.
 
         public string Source { get; set; } = string.Empty;