diff --git a/server/homebrew.api.js b/server/homebrew.api.js
index d5cced977..f28412281 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.api.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.api.js
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ const getBrew = (accessType, stubOnly = false)=>{
 				}
 			});
 		stub = stub?.toObject();
-		if(accessType === 'edit' && stub?.authors?.length > 0 && !stub?.authors.includes(req.account?.username)) {
+		const authorsExistAndIsNotAuthor = stub?.authors?.length > 0 && !stub?.authors.includes(req.account?.username);
+		const isNotInvited = stub?.invitedAuthors?.length > 0 && !stub?.invitedAuthors.includes(req.account?.username);
+		if(accessType === 'edit' && authorsExistAndIsNotAuthor && isNotInvited) {
 			throw 'Current logged in user does not have access to this brew.';
 		}
 
@@ -243,6 +245,7 @@ const updateBrew = async (req, res)=>{
 
 	if(req.account) {
 		brew.authors = _.uniq(_.concat(brew.authors, req.account.username));
+		brew.invitedAuthors = _.uniq(_.filter(brew.invitedAuthors, (a)=>req.account.username !== a));
 	}
 
 	// define a function to catch our save errors
diff --git a/server/homebrew.model.js b/server/homebrew.model.js
index a514e3fd8..da8853de7 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.model.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.model.js
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ const HomebrewSchema = mongoose.Schema({
 	textBin   : { type: Buffer },
 	pageCount : { type: Number, default: 1 },
 
-	description : { type: String, default: '' },
-	tags        : [String],
-	systems     : [String],
-	renderer    : { type: String, default: '' },
-	authors     : [String],
-	published   : { type: Boolean, default: false },
-	thumbnail   : { type: String, default: '' },
+	description    : { type: String, default: '' },
+	tags           : [String],
+	systems        : [String],
+	renderer       : { type: String, default: '' },
+	authors        : [String],
+	invitedAuthors : [String],
+	published      : { type: Boolean, default: false },
+	thumbnail      : { type: String, default: '' },
 
 	createdAt  : { type: Date, default: Date.now },
 	updatedAt  : { type: Date, default: Date.now },