diff --git a/www/common/outer/team.js b/www/common/outer/team.js
index 588bd9965..09e2cb52d 100644
--- a/www/common/outer/team.js
+++ b/www/common/outer/team.js
@@ -1279,6 +1279,8 @@ define([
         var seeds = data.seeds; // {scrypt, preview}
         var bytes64 = data.bytes64;
 
+        if (!teamId || !team) { return void cb({error: 'EINVAL'}); }
+
         var roster = team.roster;
 
         var teamName;
@@ -1311,12 +1313,16 @@ define([
             var putOpts = {
                 initialState: '{}',
                 network: ctx.store.network,
+                metadata: {
+                    owners: [ctx.store.proxy.edPublic, ephemeralKeys.edPublic]
+                }
             };
 
             (function () {
                 // a random signing keypair to prevent further writes to the channel
                 // we don't need to remember it cause we're only writing once
                 var sign = Invite.generateSignPair(); // { validateKey, signKey}
+                putOpts.metadata.validateKey = sign.validateKey;
 
                 // visible with only the invite link
                 var previewContent = {
@@ -1324,7 +1330,6 @@ define([
                     message: message,
                     author: Messaging.createData(ctx.store.proxy, false),
                     displayName: name,
-                    curvePublic: ephemeralKeys.curvePublic,
                 };
 
                 var cryptput_config = {
@@ -1351,6 +1356,7 @@ define([
                 // a different random signing key so that the server can't correlate these documents
                 // as components of an invite
                 var sign = Invite.generateSignPair(); // { validateKey, signKey}
+                putOpts.metadata.validateKey = sign.validateKey;
 
                 // available only with the link and the content
                 var inviteContent = {