diff --git a/website/snippets/serializers.py b/website/snippets/serializers.py
index e69ff0a..b3d87c8 100644
--- a/website/snippets/serializers.py
+++ b/website/snippets/serializers.py
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ from rest_framework import serializers
 from .models import Snippet, LANGUAGE_CHOICES, STYLE_CHOICES
 
 class SnippetSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    owner = serializers.ReadOnlyField(source='owner.username')
     class Meta:
         model = Snippet
-        fields = ['id', 'title', 'code', 'linenos', 'language', 'style']
+        fields = ['id', 'title', 'owner', 'code', 'linenos', 'language', 'style']
 
 class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     snippets = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(many=True, queryset=Snippet.objects.all())
diff --git a/website/snippets/views.py b/website/snippets/views.py
index 3a1c232..856c057 100644
--- a/website/snippets/views.py
+++ b/website/snippets/views.py
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ class SnippetList(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
     queryset = Snippet.objects.all()
     serializer_class = SnippetSerializer
 
+    def perform_create(self, serializer):
+        serializer.save(owner=self.request.user)
+
 
 class SnippetDetail(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
     queryset = Snippet.objects.all()