diff --git a/contracts/implementations/catalog/RMRKCatalogFactory.sol b/contracts/implementations/catalog/RMRKCatalogFactory.sol
index 5887344d..5ae6b749 100644
--- a/contracts/implementations/catalog/RMRKCatalogFactory.sol
+++ b/contracts/implementations/catalog/RMRKCatalogFactory.sol
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ contract RMRKCatalogFactory {
     ) public returns (address) {
         RMRKCatalogImpl catalog = new RMRKCatalogImpl(metadataURI, type_);
         _deployerCatalogs[msg.sender].push(address(catalog));
+        catalog.transferOwnership(msg.sender);
         emit CatalogDeployed(msg.sender, address(catalog));
         return address(catalog);
     }
diff --git a/test/implementations/catalogFactory.ts b/test/implementations/catalogFactory.ts
index f874e2aa..c2045a70 100644
--- a/test/implementations/catalogFactory.ts
+++ b/test/implementations/catalogFactory.ts
@@ -32,11 +32,10 @@ describe('CatalogImpl', async () => {
       throw new Error('Catalog address not found');
     }
     const catalog = await ethers.getContractAt('RMRKCatalogImpl', catalogAddress);
-    const metadataURI = await catalog.getMetadataURI();
-    const mediaType = await catalog.getType();
 
-    expect(metadataURI).to.equal('ipfs://catalogMetadata');
-    expect(mediaType).to.equal('img/jpeg');
+    expect(await catalog.getMetadataURI()).to.equal('ipfs://catalogMetadata');
+    expect(await catalog.getType()).to.equal('img/jpeg');
+    expect(await catalog.owner()).to.equal(deployer1.address);
   });
 
   it('can get catalogs deployed by a deployer', async () => {