diff --git a/plugins/FeedsNodeProcessor.inc b/plugins/FeedsNodeProcessor.inc
index b363607..2f38fd1 100644
--- a/plugins/FeedsNodeProcessor.inc
+++ b/plugins/FeedsNodeProcessor.inc
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ class FeedsNodeProcessor extends FeedsProcessor {
     if (!empty($entity->nid) && !node_load($entity->nid)) {
       $entity->is_new = TRUE;
     }
+    if (empty($entity->uid)) {
+       $entity->uid = $this->config['author'];
+    }
     node_save($entity);
   }