diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/navbar/DatabaseManagement/forms/databaseForm.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/navbar/DatabaseManagement/forms/databaseForm.tsx
index 4cd8e8fef76bdb2401559beaac65333b47333ce9..31f59a59a8c9d57051c74ca28f9b4723dea04ffc 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/navbar/DatabaseManagement/forms/databaseForm.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/navbar/DatabaseManagement/forms/databaseForm.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
   databaseProtocolMapping,
   nilUUID,
 } from '@graphpolaris/shared/lib/data-access';
-import { sampleSaveStates } from './mockSaveStates';
 import Input from '@graphpolaris/shared/lib/components/inputs';
 import { useImmer } from 'use-immer';
 import { initialState as qbInitialState } from '@graphpolaris/shared/lib/data-access/store/querybuilderSlice';
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/navbar/DatabaseManagement/forms/settings.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/navbar/DatabaseManagement/forms/settings.tsx
index b54f506bcf35ef907d1631663076a5ac0019aaa7..7c366e604af9aa60b23f14076bc89abb275af56c 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/navbar/DatabaseManagement/forms/settings.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/navbar/DatabaseManagement/forms/settings.tsx
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export const SettingsForm = (props: { onClose(): void; open: 'create' | 'update'
       status: null,
       verified: null,
     });
-    setFormData(INITIAL_SAVE_STATE);
+    setFormData({ ...INITIAL_SAVE_STATE, user_id: auth.userID || '' });
     ref.current?.close();
     props.onClose();
   }
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ export const SettingsForm = (props: { onClose(): void; open: 'create' | 'update'
         {sampleDataPanel === true ? (
           <SampleDatabaseSelector
             onClick={(data) => {
-              setFormData(data);
+              setFormData({ ...data, user_id: auth.userID || '' });
               setHasError(false);
               setSampleDataPanel(false);
             }}