diff --git a/src/org/fox/ttrss/offline/OfflineArticleFragment.java b/src/org/fox/ttrss/offline/OfflineArticleFragment.java
index cdbbdc55..2c51f033 100644
--- a/src/org/fox/ttrss/offline/OfflineArticleFragment.java
+++ b/src/org/fox/ttrss/offline/OfflineArticleFragment.java
@@ -284,7 +284,11 @@ public class OfflineArticleFragment extends Fragment implements GestureDetector.
 			TextView author = (TextView)view.findViewById(R.id.author);
 
 			if (author != null) {
-				author.setVisibility(View.GONE);
+				int authorIndex = m_cursor.getColumnIndex("author");
+				if(authorIndex >= 0)
+					author.setText(m_cursor.getString(authorIndex));
+				else
+					author.setVisibility(View.GONE);
 			}
 		} 
 		
diff --git a/src/org/fox/ttrss/offline/OfflineDownloadService.java b/src/org/fox/ttrss/offline/OfflineDownloadService.java
index 78ae6693..410c339a 100644
--- a/src/org/fox/ttrss/offline/OfflineDownloadService.java
+++ b/src/org/fox/ttrss/offline/OfflineDownloadService.java
@@ -367,10 +367,8 @@ public class OfflineDownloadService extends Service {
 					m_articles = new Gson().fromJson(content, listType);
 	
 					SQLiteStatement stmtInsert = getWritableDb().compileStatement("INSERT INTO articles " +
- "(" +
-                                    BaseColumns._ID +
-                                    ", unread, marked, published, score, updated, is_updated, title, link, feed_id, tags, content) " +
-                                    "VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?);");
+							"("+BaseColumns._ID+", unread, marked, published, score, updated, is_updated, title, link, feed_id, tags, content, author) " +
+					"VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?);");
 	
 					for (Article article : m_articles) {
 	
@@ -395,6 +393,7 @@ public class OfflineDownloadService extends Service {
 						stmtInsert.bindLong(index++, article.feed_id);
 						stmtInsert.bindString(index++, tagsString); // comma-separated tags
 						stmtInsert.bindString(index++, article.content);
+						stmtInsert.bindString(index++, article.author);
 						
 						if (m_downloadImages) {
 							Document doc = Jsoup.parse(article.content);
diff --git a/src/org/fox/ttrss/offline/OfflineHeadlinesFragment.java b/src/org/fox/ttrss/offline/OfflineHeadlinesFragment.java
index 41297a8a..8c9d41c1 100644
--- a/src/org/fox/ttrss/offline/OfflineHeadlinesFragment.java
+++ b/src/org/fox/ttrss/offline/OfflineHeadlinesFragment.java
@@ -532,6 +532,14 @@ public class OfflineHeadlinesFragment extends Fragment implements OnItemClickLis
 				te.setText(excerpt);
 			}       	
 
+			TextView ta = (TextView)v.findViewById(R.id.author);
+
+			if (ta != null) {
+				int authorIndex = article.getColumnIndex("author");
+				if(authorIndex >= 0)
+					ta.setText(article.getString(authorIndex));
+			}
+
 			/* ImageView separator = (ImageView)v.findViewById(R.id.headlines_separator);
 			
 			if (separator != null && m_offlineServices.isSmallScreen()) {
diff --git a/src/org/fox/ttrss/util/DatabaseHelper.java b/src/org/fox/ttrss/util/DatabaseHelper.java
index 3d64a820..572ff62e 100644
--- a/src/org/fox/ttrss/util/DatabaseHelper.java
+++ b/src/org/fox/ttrss/util/DatabaseHelper.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public class DatabaseHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
                 "feed_id INTEGER, " +
                 "tags TEXT, " +
                 "content TEXT, " +
+                "author TEXT, " +
                 "selected BOOLEAN, " +
                 "modified BOOLEAN" +
                 ");");