diff --git a/src/Service/UwNodeFieldValue.php b/src/Service/UwNodeFieldValue.php
index f0519a9b24908b841b8f837b07c8468073a389a9..06280f5fe9c3b64626b33097c09b161c66818a2b 100644
--- a/src/Service/UwNodeFieldValue.php
+++ b/src/Service/UwNodeFieldValue.php
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ class UwNodeFieldValue {
 
     // If there is no author in the field, get the owner
     // of the blog post.
-    if (!$node->field_author) {
+    if (!$node->field_author->value) {
 
       // Set the author to the person who made blog.
       $author = [