diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectController.coffee
index 722d0b73b4..359d0ddeb4 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectController.coffee
@@ -395,19 +395,27 @@ module.exports = ProjectController =
 		return model
 
 	_buildV1ProjectViewModel: (project) ->
-		{
+		projectViewModel = {
 			id: project.id
 			name: project.title
 			lastUpdated: new Date(project.updated_at * 1000) # Convert from epoch
-			accessLevel: if project.owner?.user_is_owner then "owner" else "readOnly"
 			archived: project.removed || project.archived
-			owner: {
-				# Unlisted V1 projects don't have an owner, so just show N/A
-				first_name: if project.owner then project.owner.name else 'N/A'
-				last_name: ''
-			}
 			isV1Project: true
 		}
+		if (project.owner? and project.owner.user_is_owner) or (project.creator? and project.creator.user_is_creator)
+			projectViewModel.accessLevel = "owner"
+		else
+			projectViewModel.accessLevel = "readOnly"
+		if project.owner?
+			projectViewModel.owner = {
+				first_name: project.owner.name
+			}
+		else if project.creator?
+			projectViewModel.owner = {
+				first_name: project.creator.name
+			}
+		return projectViewModel
+
 
 	_injectProjectOwners: (projects, callback = (error, projects) ->) ->
 		users = {}
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/main/project-list/project-list.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/main/project-list/project-list.coffee
index 75d4767ec0..5880129294 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/main/project-list/project-list.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/main/project-list/project-list.coffee
@@ -480,9 +480,9 @@ define [
 			if $scope.project.accessLevel == "owner"
 				return "You"
 			else if $scope.project.owner?
-				return "#{$scope.project.owner.first_name} #{$scope.project.owner.last_name}"
+				return [$scope.project.owner.first_name, $scope.project.owner.last_name].filter((n) -> n?).join(" ")
 			else
-				return "?"
+				return "None"
 
 		$scope.$watch "project.selected", (value) ->
 			if value?