diff --git a/thehive_button/public/env.js b/thehive_button/public/env.js
index 4321b85f5ee1682abd17871889a165ae8d96b465..d6c01edcd58d72ae81941580328ed1bbe4e70ea6 100644
--- a/thehive_button/public/env.js
+++ b/thehive_button/public/env.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 // Default plugin configuration
 export const THEHIVE_URL = 'https://hive.gn4-3-wp8-soc.sunet.se/';
 export const THEHIVE_API_KEY = '5LymseWiurZBrQN8Kqp8O+9KniTL5cE0';
-export const THEHIVE_OWNER = 'admin'; // default owner account of the created cases
+export const THEHIVE_OWNER = ''; // user to assign created cases to
diff --git a/thehive_button/public/main.js b/thehive_button/public/main.js
index ee46d73170d4fb43739c58468e3396caace6dcbe..0bc8b004597f1e396b753b0ca7c976e4a19c5854 100644
--- a/thehive_button/public/main.js
+++ b/thehive_button/public/main.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ function TheHiveButtonVisProvider(Private) {
         // add default parameters
         url: THEHIVE_URL,
         apikey: THEHIVE_API_KEY,
+        // NOTE: setting owner currently doesn't work. This is a bug in TheHive, see https://github.com/TheHive-Project/TheHive/issues/1473
         owner: THEHIVE_OWNER,
         obsFields: [], // list of objects, e.g. {name: "clientip", type: "ip", cnt: 100}
       }
diff --git a/thehive_button/public/options_editor.js b/thehive_button/public/options_editor.js
index 38762bd463115702a0c4f03f099434485f5d59dc..8985884d6c1866d6d75384cced9198762a34dab5 100644
--- a/thehive_button/public/options_editor.js
+++ b/thehive_button/public/options_editor.js
@@ -116,11 +116,10 @@ export function optionsEditor(props) {
         </EuiFormRow>
       </EuiFlexItem>
       <EuiFlexItem grow={1}>
-        <EuiFormRow label="Assignee" helpText="User to assign created cases to. Must be a valid username from The Hive instance.">
+        <EuiFormRow label="Assignee" helpText="Assign created cases to this user instead of the owner of the API key (optional, if set, it must be a valid username from The Hive instance). **Note: This currently doesn't work due to a bug in The Hive.**">
           <EuiFieldText
             value={stateParams.owner}
             onChange={e => setValue('owner', e.target.value)}
-            isInvalid={stateParams.owner == ""}
           />
         </EuiFormRow>
       </EuiFlexItem>