diff --git a/channel.js b/channel.js
index 471c73b7..2fee75d7 100644
--- a/channel.js
+++ b/channel.js
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ Channel.prototype.tryRegister = function(user) {
         });
     }
     else {
-        if(Database.registerChannel(this.name)) {
+        if(Database.registerChannel(this.name, user.name)) {
             ActionLog.record(user.ip, user.name, "channel-register-success", [this.name]);
             this.registered = true;
             this.initialized = true;
diff --git a/database.js b/database.js
index 6855b1e9..30a42530 100644
--- a/database.js
+++ b/database.js
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ function init() {
     var query = ["CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `channels` (",
                     "`id` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,",
                     "`name` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,",
+                    "`owner` VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,",
                     "PRIMARY KEY(`id`))",
                  "ENGINE = MyISAM;"].join("");
     var results = db.querySync(query);
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ function globalUnbanIP(ip) {
 
 /* REGION Channel Registration/Loading */
 
-function registerChannel(name) {
+function registerChannel(name, owner) {
     if(!name.match(/^[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+$/)) {
         return false;
     }
@@ -305,8 +306,8 @@ function registerChannel(name) {
 
     // Insert into channel table
     query = createQuery(
-        "INSERT INTO `channels` VALUES (NULL, ?)",
-        [name]
+        "INSERT INTO `channels` VALUES (NULL, ?, ?)",
+        [name, owner]
     );
 
     results = db.querySync(query);
diff --git a/update.js b/update.js
index b1a8435b..1c9e93ce 100644
--- a/update.js
+++ b/update.js
@@ -1,21 +1,62 @@
 var Config = require("./config.js");
 var Database = require("./database.js");
 
-Config.DEBUG = true;
+//Config.DEBUG = true;
 Database.setup(Config);
 Database.init();
 var query;
 var db = Database.getConnection();
 
 // Check for already existing
-query = "SELECT email FROM registrations WHERE 1";
+query = "SELECT owner FROM channels WHERE 1";
 if(!db.querySync(query)) {
-    query = "ALTER TABLE registrations ADD email VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL";
+    query = "ALTER TABLE channels ADD owner VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL";
     var res = db.querySync(query);
     if(!res) {
         console.log(db);
         console.log("Update failed!");
     }
+    else {
+        populateChannelOwners();
+    }
 }
 db.closeSync();
 process.exit(0);
+
+function populateChannelOwners() {
+    query = "SELECT * FROM channels WHERE 1";
+    var res = db.querySync(query);
+    if(!res) {
+        console.log(db);
+        console.log("Update failed!");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    var channels = res.fetchAllSync();
+    channels.forEach(function(chan) {
+        chan = chan.name;
+        console.log("Fixing " + chan);
+        query = "SELECT name FROM `chan_"+chan+"_ranks` WHERE rank>=10 ORDER BY rank";
+        res = db.querySync(query);
+        if(!res) {
+            console.log(db);
+            console.log("Update failed!");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var results = res.fetchAllSync();
+        if(results.length == 0) {
+            console.log("bad channel: " + chan);
+            return;
+        }
+        var owner = results[0].name;
+        query = "UPDATE channels SET owner='"+owner+"' WHERE name='"+chan+"'";
+        console.log("setting owner=" + owner + " for /r/" + chan);
+        res = db.querySync(query);
+        if(!res) {
+            console.log(db);
+            console.log("Update failed!");
+            return;
+        }
+    });
+}