diff --git a/lib/decentralised_book_index/metadata/author_role.ex b/lib/decentralised_book_index/metadata/author_role.ex
index 3e9beb2..2b2df4b 100644
--- a/lib/decentralised_book_index/metadata/author_role.ex
+++ b/lib/decentralised_book_index/metadata/author_role.ex
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ defmodule DecentralisedBookIndex.Metadata.AuthorRole do
 
     belongs_to :author, Metadata.Author do
       allow_nil? true
+      public? true
     end
   end
 end