diff --git a/appview/index.ts b/appview/index.ts
index 4c537dd6..269f1309 100644
--- a/appview/index.ts
+++ b/appview/index.ts
@@ -104,25 +104,28 @@ async function handleEvent(evt: Event) {
         data: record.value as Json,
       });
       if (docResult.error) console.log(docResult.error);
-      let publicationURI = new AtUri(record.value.publication);
+      if (record.value.publication) {
+        let publicationURI = new AtUri(record.value.publication);
 
-      if (publicationURI.host !== evt.uri.host) {
-        console.log("Unauthorized to create post!");
-        return;
+        if (publicationURI.host !== evt.uri.host) {
+          console.log("Unauthorized to create post!");
+          return;
+        }
+        let docInPublicationResult = await supabase
+          .from("documents_in_publications")
+          .upsert({
+            publication: record.value.publication,
+            document: evt.uri.toString(),
+          });
+        await supabase
+          .from("documents_in_publications")
+          .delete()
+          .neq("publication", record.value.publication)
+          .eq("document", evt.uri.toString());
+
+        if (docInPublicationResult.error)
+          console.log(docInPublicationResult.error);
       }
-      let docInPublicationResult = await supabase
-        .from("documents_in_publications")
-        .upsert({
-          publication: record.value.publication,
-          document: evt.uri.toString(),
-        });
-      await supabase
-        .from("documents_in_publications")
-        .delete()
-        .neq("publication", record.value.publication)
-        .eq("document", evt.uri.toString());
-      if (docInPublicationResult.error)
-        console.log(docInPublicationResult.error);
     }
     if (evt.event === "delete") {
       await supabase.from("documents").delete().eq("uri", evt.uri.toString());
diff --git a/lexicons/api/lexicons.ts b/lexicons/api/lexicons.ts
index dcf8539c..35d90268 100644
--- a/lexicons/api/lexicons.ts
+++ b/lexicons/api/lexicons.ts
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ export const schemaDict = {
         description: 'Record containing a document',
         record: {
           type: 'object',
-          required: ['pages', 'author', 'title', 'publication'],
+          required: ['pages', 'author', 'title'],
           properties: {
             title: {
               type: 'string',
diff --git a/lexicons/api/types/pub/leaflet/document.ts b/lexicons/api/types/pub/leaflet/document.ts
index cf3a930d..066fe693 100644
--- a/lexicons/api/types/pub/leaflet/document.ts
+++ b/lexicons/api/types/pub/leaflet/document.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export interface Record {
   postRef?: ComAtprotoRepoStrongRef.Main
   description?: string
   publishedAt?: string
-  publication: string
+  publication?: string
   author: string
   pages: (
     | $Typed<PubLeafletPagesLinearDocument.Main>
diff --git a/lexicons/pub/leaflet/document.json b/lexicons/pub/leaflet/document.json
index 9e8082bd..005bbd39 100644
--- a/lexicons/pub/leaflet/document.json
+++ b/lexicons/pub/leaflet/document.json
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
         "required": [
           "pages",
           "author",
-          "title",
-          "publication"
+          "title"
         ],
         "properties": {
           "title": {
diff --git a/lexicons/src/document.ts b/lexicons/src/document.ts
index 1530428c..7484ad34 100644
--- a/lexicons/src/document.ts
+++ b/lexicons/src/document.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const PubLeafletDocument: LexiconDoc = {
       description: "Record containing a document",
       record: {
         type: "object",
-        required: ["pages", "author", "title", "publication"],
+        required: ["pages", "author", "title"],
         properties: {
           title: { type: "string", maxLength: 1280, maxGraphemes: 128 },
           postRef: { type: "ref", ref: "com.atproto.repo.strongRef" },