diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/RuleController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/RuleController.php
index bafd1d793d..e3a23e4c9b 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/RuleController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/RuleController.php
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ class RuleController extends Controller
             $data = [
                 'rule_group_id'       => $repository->getFirstRuleGroup()->id,
                 'stop_processing'     => 0,
+                'user_id'             => Auth::user()->id,
                 'title'               => trans('firefly.default_rule_name'),
                 'description'         => trans('firefly.default_rule_description'),
                 'trigger'             => 'store-journal',
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ class RuleController extends Controller
 
         if ($repository->count() === 0) {
             $data = [
-                'user'        => Auth::user()->id,
+                'user_id'        => Auth::user()->id,
                 'title'       => trans('firefly.default_rule_group_name'),
                 'description' => trans('firefly.default_rule_group_description'),
             ];
diff --git a/app/Repositories/RuleGroup/RuleGroupRepository.php b/app/Repositories/RuleGroup/RuleGroupRepository.php
index 5bdc3a12d4..316d93d654 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/RuleGroup/RuleGroupRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/RuleGroup/RuleGroupRepository.php
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class RuleGroupRepository implements RuleGroupRepositoryInterface
 
         $newRuleGroup = new RuleGroup(
             [
-                'user_id'     => $data['user'],
+                'user_id'     => $data['user_id'],
                 'title'       => $data['title'],
                 'description' => $data['description'],
                 'order'       => ($order + 1),