diff --git a/Zotlabs/Update/_1208.php b/Zotlabs/Update/_1208.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4cbcf4322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Zotlabs/Update/_1208.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Zotlabs\Update;
+
+class _1208 {
+
+	function run() {
+
+		if(ACTIVE_DBTYPE == DBTYPE_POSTGRES) {
+			$r1 = q("ALTER TABLE poll ADD poll_author text NOT NULL");
+ 			$r2 = q("create index \"poll_author_idx\" on poll \"poll_author\"");
+
+			$r = ($r1 && $r2);
+		}
+		else {
+			$r = q("ALTER TABLE `poll` ADD `poll_author` VARCHAR(191) NOT NULL AFTER `poll_votes`, 
+				ADD INDEX `poll_author` (`poll_author`)");
+		}
+
+		if($r)
+			return UPDATE_SUCCESS;
+		return UPDATE_FAILED;
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 5d6bb2ebe..cb9718b94 100755
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ define ( 'STD_VERSION',             '3.3.2' );
 define ( 'ZOT_REVISION',            '6.0a' );
 
 
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',       1207 );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',       1208 );
 
 define ( 'PROJECT_BASE',   __DIR__ );
 
diff --git a/install/schema_mysql.sql b/install/schema_mysql.sql
index 5cd04467d..9d60d9eb2 100644
--- a/install/schema_mysql.sql
+++ b/install/schema_mysql.sql
@@ -969,12 +969,14 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `poll` (
   `poll_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `poll_guid` varchar(191) NOT NULL,
   `poll_channel` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 ,
+  `poll_author` varchar(191) NOT NULL,
   `poll_desc` text NOT NULL,
   `poll_flags` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 ,
   `poll_votes` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 ,
   PRIMARY KEY (`poll_id`),
   KEY `poll_guid` (`poll_guid`),
   KEY `poll_channel` (`poll_channel`),
+  KEY `poll_author` (`poll_author`),
   KEY `poll_flags` (`poll_flags`),
   KEY `poll_votes` (`poll_votes`)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
diff --git a/install/schema_postgres.sql b/install/schema_postgres.sql
index 84b6a554a..d8bbd89f4 100644
--- a/install/schema_postgres.sql
+++ b/install/schema_postgres.sql
@@ -944,6 +944,7 @@ CREATE TABLE "poll" (
   "poll_id" serial  NOT NULL,
   "poll_guid" text NOT NULL,
   "poll_channel" bigint  NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
+  "poll_author" text NOT NULL,
   "poll_desc" text NOT NULL,
   "poll_flags" bigint NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   "poll_votes" bigint NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
@@ -952,6 +953,7 @@ CREATE TABLE "poll" (
 );
 create index "poll_guid" on poll ("poll_guid");
 create index "poll_channel" on poll ("poll_channel");
+create index "poll_author" on poll ("poll_author");
 create index "poll_flags" on poll ("poll_flags");
 create index "poll_votes" on poll ("poll_votes");
 CREATE TABLE "poll_elm" (