diff --git a/app/models/card/not_now.rb b/app/models/card/not_now.rb
index 456ff2751..dcd16a86d 100644
--- a/app/models/card/not_now.rb
+++ b/app/models/card/not_now.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 class Card::NotNow < ApplicationRecord
   belongs_to :card, class_name: "::Card", touch: true
+  belongs_to :user, optional: true
 end
diff --git a/app/models/card/postponable.rb b/app/models/card/postponable.rb
index 486960f6a..2ad6b1b14 100644
--- a/app/models/card/postponable.rb
+++ b/app/models/card/postponable.rb
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ module Card::Postponable
     open? && published? && !postponed?
   end
 
-  def postpone
+  def postpone(user: Current.user)
     transaction do
       send_back_to_triage
       reopen
       activity_spike&.destroy
-      create_not_now! unless postponed?
+      create_not_now!(user: user) unless postponed?
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/cards/display/common/_background.html.erb b/app/views/cards/display/common/_background.html.erb
index 05ba7f338..e2531886c 100644
--- a/app/views/cards/display/common/_background.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/cards/display/common/_background.html.erb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <div class="card__closed">
     <span class="card__closed-title" data-text="Not Now">Not Now</span>
     <strong class="card__closed-date"><%= card.postponed_at.strftime("%b %d, %Y") %></strong>
-    <span class="card__closed-by-line">by <span class="card__closed-by"><%# card.postponed_by.familiar_name %></span></span>
+    <span class="card__closed-by-line">by <span class="card__closed-by"><%= card.postponed_by.familiar_name %></span></span>
   </div>
 <% end %>
 
diff --git a/db/migrate/20251015112653_add_creator_to_card_not_nows.rb b/db/migrate/20251015112653_add_creator_to_card_not_nows.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..747a347b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20251015112653_add_creator_to_card_not_nows.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddCreatorToCardNotNows < ActiveRecord::Migration[8.1]
+  def change
+    add_reference :card_not_nows, :creator, null: false, foreign_key: { to_table: :users }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20251015114014_rename_creator_to_user_in_card_not_nows.rb b/db/migrate/20251015114014_rename_creator_to_user_in_card_not_nows.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5092aae67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20251015114014_rename_creator_to_user_in_card_not_nows.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class RenameCreatorToUserInCardNotNows < ActiveRecord::Migration[8.1]
+  def change
+    rename_column :card_not_nows, :creator_id, :user_id
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index d84722ea0..c0560eb47 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[8.1].define(version: 2025_10_07_084223) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[8.1].define(version: 2025_10_15_114014) do
   create_table "accesses", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.datetime "accessed_at"
     t.integer "collection_id", null: false
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[8.1].define(version: 2025_10_07_084223) do
     t.integer "card_id", null: false
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+    t.integer "user_id", null: false
     t.index ["card_id"], name: "index_card_not_nows_on_card_id", unique: true
+    t.index ["user_id"], name: "index_card_not_nows_on_user_id"
   end
 
   create_table "cards", force: :cascade do |t|
@@ -508,6 +510,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[8.1].define(version: 2025_10_07_084223) do
   add_foreign_key "card_activity_spikes", "cards"
   add_foreign_key "card_goldnesses", "cards"
   add_foreign_key "card_not_nows", "cards"
+  add_foreign_key "card_not_nows", "users"
   add_foreign_key "cards", "columns"
   add_foreign_key "closures", "cards"
   add_foreign_key "closures", "users"
diff --git a/db/schema_cache.yml b/db/schema_cache.yml
index 84068a62f..60d09eac2 100644
--- a/db/schema_cache.yml
+++ b/db/schema_cache.yml
@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ columns:
   - *5
   - *6
   - *9
+  - *18
   cards:
   - *24
   - !ruby/object:ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::SQLite3::Column
@@ -1963,6 +1964,22 @@ indexes:
     nulls_not_distinct:
     comment:
     valid: true
+  - !ruby/object:ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::IndexDefinition
+    table: card_not_nows
+    name: index_card_not_nows_on_user_id
+    unique: false
+    columns:
+    - user_id
+    lengths: {}
+    orders: {}
+    opclasses: {}
+    where:
+    type:
+    using:
+    include:
+    nulls_not_distinct:
+    comment:
+    valid: true
   cards:
   - !ruby/object:ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::IndexDefinition
     table: cards
@@ -3148,4 +3165,4 @@ indexes:
     nulls_not_distinct:
     comment:
     valid: true
-version: 20251007084223
+version: 20251015114014
diff --git a/test/models/card/postponable_test.rb b/test/models/card/postponable_test.rb
index b4a183437..89f3179ae 100644
--- a/test/models/card/postponable_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/card/postponable_test.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ class Card::PostponableTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_changes -> { card.reload.postponed? }, to: true do
       card.postpone
     end
+
+    assert_equal users(:david), card.not_now.user
   end
 
   test "scopes" do