diff --git a/py/routes/api_routes.py b/py/routes/api_routes.py
index 7aa715d5..4abc368f 100644
--- a/py/routes/api_routes.py
+++ b/py/routes/api_routes.py
@@ -781,11 +781,13 @@ class ApiRoutes:
             # Check if we already have the description stored in metadata
             description = None
             tags = []
+            creator = {}
             if file_path:
                 metadata_path = os.path.splitext(file_path)[0] + '.metadata.json'
                 metadata = await ModelRouteUtils.load_local_metadata(metadata_path)
                 description = metadata.get('modelDescription')
                 tags = metadata.get('tags', [])
+                creator = metadata.get('creator', {})
             
             # If description is not in metadata, fetch from CivitAI
             if not description:
@@ -795,6 +797,7 @@ class ApiRoutes:
                 if (model_metadata):
                     description = model_metadata.get('description')
                     tags = model_metadata.get('tags', [])
+                    creator = model_metadata.get('creator', {})
                 
                     # Save the metadata to file if we have a file path and got metadata
                     if file_path:
@@ -804,6 +807,7 @@ class ApiRoutes:
                             
                             metadata['modelDescription'] = description
                             metadata['tags'] = tags
+                            metadata['creator'] = creator
                             
                             with open(metadata_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
                                 json.dump(metadata, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
@@ -814,7 +818,8 @@ class ApiRoutes:
             return web.json_response({
                 'success': True,
                 'description': description or "<p>No model description available.</p>",
-                'tags': tags
+                'tags': tags,
+                'creator': creator
             })
             
         except Exception as e:
diff --git a/py/services/model_scanner.py b/py/services/model_scanner.py
index b3db2d33..cff319c0 100644
--- a/py/services/model_scanner.py
+++ b/py/services/model_scanner.py
@@ -610,7 +610,10 @@ class ModelScanner:
                     model_id = str(model_id)
                     tags_missing = not model_data.get('tags') or len(model_data.get('tags', [])) == 0
                     desc_missing = not model_data.get('modelDescription') or model_data.get('modelDescription') in (None, "")
-                    needs_metadata_update = tags_missing or desc_missing
+                    # TODO: not for now, but later we should check if the creator is missing
+                    # creator_missing = not model_data.get('civitai', {}).get('creator')
+                    creator_missing = False
+                    needs_metadata_update = tags_missing or desc_missing or creator_missing
             
             if needs_metadata_update and model_id:
                 logger.debug(f"Fetching missing metadata for {file_path} with model ID {model_id}")
@@ -636,6 +639,8 @@ class ModelScanner:
                     
                     if model_metadata.get('description') and (not model_data.get('modelDescription') or model_data.get('modelDescription') in (None, "")):
                         model_data['modelDescription'] = model_metadata['description']
+
+                    model_data['civitai']['creator'] = model_metadata['creator']
                     
                     metadata_path = os.path.splitext(file_path)[0] + '.metadata.json'
                     with open(metadata_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
diff --git a/py/utils/routes_common.py b/py/utils/routes_common.py
index af54c400..f8b5f649 100644
--- a/py/utils/routes_common.py
+++ b/py/utils/routes_common.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class ModelRouteUtils:
                 if model_metadata:
                     local_metadata['modelDescription'] = model_metadata.get('description', '')
                     local_metadata['tags'] = model_metadata.get('tags', [])
+                    local_metadata['civitai']['creator'] = model_metadata['creator']
         
         # Update base model
         local_metadata['base_model'] = determine_base_model(civitai_metadata.get('baseModel'))