diff --git a/ena-submission/scripts/create_assembly.py b/ena-submission/scripts/create_assembly.py
index f42773d86..dc8ea5061 100644
--- a/ena-submission/scripts/create_assembly.py
+++ b/ena-submission/scripts/create_assembly.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def create_manifest_object(
 
     metadata = submission_table_entry["metadata"]
     unaligned_nucleotide_sequences = submission_table_entry["unaligned_nucleotide_sequences"]
-    organism_metadata = config.organisms[group_key["organism"]]["ingest"]
+    organism_metadata = config.organisms[group_key["organism"]]["enaDeposition"]
     chromosome_list_object = create_chromosome_list_object(unaligned_nucleotide_sequences, seq_key)
     chromosome_list_file = create_chromosome_list(list_object=chromosome_list_object, dir=dir)
     authors = (
diff --git a/ena-submission/scripts/ena_types.py b/ena-submission/scripts/ena_types.py
index 2742d97c4..f41a6a376 100644
--- a/ena-submission/scripts/ena_types.py
+++ b/ena-submission/scripts/ena_types.py
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ class AssemblyManifest:
     moleculetype: MoleculeType | None = None
     description: str | None = None
     run_ref: list[str] | None = None
-    address: str | None
-    authors: str | None
+    address: str | None = None
+    authors: str | None = None
 
 
 class ChromosomeType(Enum):