diff --git a/recipes/forms.py b/recipes/forms.py
index 58df282..81809aa 100644
--- a/recipes/forms.py
+++ b/recipes/forms.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-from django.forms import ModelForm, ValidationError, formset_factory
+from django.forms import ModelForm, ValidationError, formset_factory, BooleanField
 from .models import Recipe, Version, Ingredient
 
 class VersionForm(ModelForm):
 	recipe_id: int
 
+	use_user_for_author = BooleanField(initial=True, label='I am the author', required=False)
+
 	class Meta:
 		model = Version
-		fields = ['label', 'slug', 'body']
+		fields = ['label', 'slug', 'body', 'author_name']
 
 	def clean_slug(self):
 		recipe = Recipe.objects.get(id=self.recipe_id)
diff --git a/recipes/templates/add-version.html b/recipes/templates/add-version.html
index e67d86b..7f8b8f7 100644
--- a/recipes/templates/add-version.html
+++ b/recipes/templates/add-version.html
@@ -15,6 +15,26 @@
 </form>
 
 <script>
+	let userIsAuthorCheckbox = document.querySelector("#id_version-use_user_for_author");
+	let authorNameValue = "";
+
+	function enableAuthorNameInput() {
+		let authorName = document.querySelector("#id_version-author_name")
+
+		if (userIsAuthorCheckbox.checked) {
+			authorName.setAttribute("disabled", "");
+			authorNameValue = authorName.value;
+			authorName.value = "";
+		} else {
+			authorName.removeAttribute("disabled");
+			authorName.value = authorNameValue;
+		}
+	}
+
+	enableAuthorNameInput();
+
+	userIsAuthorCheckbox.addEventListener('input', enableAuthorNameInput)
+
 	let firstIngredientDiv = document.querySelector("input[id^=id_ingredient][id$=text]").parentElement;
 	let addIngredientButton = document.querySelector("#add-ingredient");
 	let form = document.querySelector("#add-version-form");
diff --git a/recipes/views.py b/recipes/views.py
index c18ae0c..5a94da3 100644
--- a/recipes/views.py
+++ b/recipes/views.py
@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@ def add_version(request, slug_recipe):
 
 		if version_form.is_valid() and ingredients_formset.is_valid():
 			version = version_form.save(commit=False)
-			version.author_user = request.user
+			if version_form.cleaned_data['use_user_for_author']:
+				version.author_user = request.user
+				version.author_name = ''
+			elif 'author_name' in version_form.cleaned_data:
+				version.author_name = version_form.cleaned_data['author_name']
 			version.recipe = recipe
 			version.save()