diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 270309e..0ced6e9 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -206,7 +206,11 @@ if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') {
             $error = $lang['loginwarning']; //"You must be logged in to do that."
         }
     } else {
+        if ($current_user['id'] == NULL) {
+        $paste_owner = "1";
+        }else{
         $paste_owner = $current_user ? $current_user['id'] : null;
+        }
         $statement = $conn->prepare(
             "INSERT INTO pastes (title, content, visible, code, expiry, password, encrypt, user_id, created_at, ip, views, tagsys) VALUES 
                                 (?,     ?,       ?,       ?,    ?,      ?,        ?,       ?,       NOW(),      ?,  0,     ?)"