diff --git a/app/controllers/storage_locations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/storage_locations_controller.rb
index d9f81cba5..122f54225 100644
--- a/app/controllers/storage_locations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/storage_locations_controller.rb
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class StorageLocationsController < ApplicationController
 
   def duplicate
     ActiveRecord::Base.transaction do
-      new_storage_location = @storage_location.duplicate!
+      new_storage_location = @storage_location.duplicate!(current_user)
       if new_storage_location
         @storage_location = new_storage_location
         log_activity('storage_location_created')
diff --git a/app/models/storage_location.rb b/app/models/storage_location.rb
index 03fb0a0b3..d444e185c 100644
--- a/app/models/storage_location.rb
+++ b/app/models/storage_location.rb
@@ -60,13 +60,14 @@ class StorageLocation < ApplicationRecord
     storage_location_repository_rows.count.zero?
   end
 
-  def duplicate!
+  def duplicate!(user)
     ActiveRecord::Base.transaction do
       new_storage_location = dup
       new_storage_location.name = next_clone_name
+      new_storage_location.created_by = user
       new_storage_location.save!
       copy_image(self, new_storage_location)
-      recursive_duplicate(id, new_storage_location.id)
+      recursive_duplicate(id, new_storage_location.id, user)
       new_storage_location
     rescue ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid
       false
@@ -142,13 +143,14 @@ class StorageLocation < ApplicationRecord
 
   private
 
-  def recursive_duplicate(old_parent_id = nil, new_parent_id = nil)
+  def recursive_duplicate(old_parent_id = nil, new_parent_id = nil, user = nil)
     StorageLocation.where(parent_id: old_parent_id).find_each do |child|
       new_child = child.dup
       new_child.parent_id = new_parent_id
+      new_child.created_by = user
       new_child.save!
       copy_image(child, new_child)
-      recursive_duplicate(child.id, new_child.id)
+      recursive_duplicate(child.id, new_child.id, user)
     end
   end