diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 89ded7ea..2817463b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <artifactId>api</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
-    <version>3.2.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <description>Hygieia Rest API Layer</description>
     <url>https://github.com/Hygieia/api</url>
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     </parent>
 
       <properties>
-        <com.capitalone.dashboard.core.version>3.7.9</com.capitalone.dashboard.core.version>
+        <com.capitalone.dashboard.core.version>3.7.11</com.capitalone.dashboard.core.version>
         <apache.rat.plugin.version>0.13</apache.rat.plugin.version>
         <coveralls.maven.plugin.version>4.3.0</coveralls.maven.plugin.version>
         <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/webhook/github/GitHubCommitV3.java b/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/webhook/github/GitHubCommitV3.java
index 7c0ab144..396822a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/webhook/github/GitHubCommitV3.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/webhook/github/GitHubCommitV3.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.capitalone.dashboard.webhook.github;
 
-import com.capitalone.dashboard.model.AuthorType;
 import com.capitalone.dashboard.repository.CollectorItemRepository;
 import com.capitalone.dashboard.settings.ApiSettings;
 import com.capitalone.dashboard.client.RestClient;
@@ -176,12 +175,21 @@ protected List<Commit> getCommits(List<Map> commitsObjectList, String repoUrl,
                 commit.setScmAuthorLogin(authorLogin);
 
                 if (senderObj != null && authorLogin.equalsIgnoreCase(restClient.getString(senderObj, "login"))) {
-                    commit.setScmAuthorType(AuthorType.fromString(restClient.getString(senderObj, "type")));
-                    commit.setScmAuthorLDAPDN(restClient.getString(senderObj, "ldap_dn"));
+                    String authorType = restClient.getString(senderObj, "type");
+                    if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(authorType)) {
+                        commit.setScmAuthorType(authorType);
+                    }
+                    String authorLDAPDN = restClient.getString(senderObj, "ldap_dn");
+                    if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(authorLDAPDN)) {
+                        commit.setScmAuthorLDAPDN(authorLDAPDN);
+                    }
                 } else {
                     start = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
-                    commit.setScmAuthorType(getAuthorType(repoUrl, authorLogin, gitHubWebHookToken));
+                    String authorType = getAuthorType(repoUrl, authorLogin, gitHubWebHookToken);
+                    if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(authorType)) {
+                        commit.setScmAuthorType(authorType);
+                    }
                     String authorLDAPDN = getLDAPDN(repoUrl, authorLogin, gitHubWebHookToken);
                     if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(authorLDAPDN)) {
                         commit.setScmAuthorLDAPDN(authorLDAPDN);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/webhook/github/GitHubPullRequestV3.java b/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/webhook/github/GitHubPullRequestV3.java
index e612b4f7..efec9004 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/webhook/github/GitHubPullRequestV3.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/webhook/github/GitHubPullRequestV3.java
@@ -256,7 +256,10 @@ protected GitRequest buildGitRequestFromPayload(String repoUrl, String branch, O
             pull.setScmMergeEventRevisionNumber(mergeSha);
             Object mergedBy = restClient.getAsObject(pullRequestObject,"merged_by");
             pull.setMergeAuthor(restClient.getString(mergedBy, "login"));
-            pull.setMergeAuthorType(getAuthorType(repoUrl, pull.getMergeAuthor(), token));
+            String mergeAuthorType = getAuthorType(repoUrl, pull.getMergeAuthor(), token);
+            if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(mergeAuthorType)) {
+                pull.setMergeAuthorType(mergeAuthorType);
+            }
             String mergeAuthorLDAPDN = getLDAPDN(repoUrl, pull.getMergeAuthor(), token);
             if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(mergeAuthorLDAPDN)) {
                 pull.setMergeAuthorLDAPDN(mergeAuthorLDAPDN);
@@ -343,11 +346,14 @@ protected List<Review> getReviews(String repoUrl, Object reviewObject, String to
             review.setBody(restClient.getString(node, "bodyText"));
             JSONObject authorObj = (JSONObject) node.get("author");
             review.setAuthor(restClient.getString(authorObj, "login"));
+            String authorType = getAuthorType(repoUrl, review.getAuthor(), token);
+            if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(authorType)) {
+                review.setAuthorType(authorType);
+            }
             String authorLDAPDN = getLDAPDN(repoUrl, review.getAuthor(), token);
             if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(authorLDAPDN)) {
                 review.setAuthorLDAPDN(authorLDAPDN);
             }
-            review.setAuthorType(getAuthorType(repoUrl, review.getAuthor(), token));
             review.setCreatedAt(getTimeStampMills(restClient.getString(node, "createdAt")));
             review.setUpdatedAt(getTimeStampMills(restClient.getString(node, "updatedAt")));
             reviews.add(review);
@@ -369,7 +375,10 @@ protected List<Comment> getComments(String repoUrl, Object commentsObject, Strin
             Comment comment = new Comment();
             comment.setBody(restClient.getString(node, "bodyText"));
             comment.setUser(restClient.getString((JSONObject) node.get("author"), "login"));
-            comment.setUserType(getAuthorType(repoUrl, comment.getUser(), token));
+            String userType = getAuthorType(repoUrl, comment.getUser(), token);
+            if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(userType)) {
+                comment.setUserType(userType);
+            }
             String userLDAPDN = getLDAPDN(repoUrl, comment.getUser(), token);
             if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(userLDAPDN)) {
                 comment.setUserLDAPDN(userLDAPDN);
@@ -408,7 +417,10 @@ protected List<Commit> getPRCommits(String repoUrl, Object commitsObject, GitReq
             JSONObject authorUserJSON = (JSONObject) author.get("user");
             newCommit.setScmAuthor(restClient.getString(author, "name"));
             newCommit.setScmAuthorLogin((authorUserJSON == null) ? "unknown" : restClient.getString(authorUserJSON, "login"));
-            newCommit.setScmAuthorType(getAuthorType(repoUrl, newCommit.getScmAuthorLogin(), token));
+            String authorType = getAuthorType(repoUrl, newCommit.getScmAuthorLogin(), token);
+            if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(authorType)) {
+                newCommit.setScmAuthorType(authorType);
+            }
             String authorLDAPDN = getLDAPDN(repoUrl, newCommit.getScmAuthorLogin(), token);
             if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(authorLDAPDN)) {
                 newCommit.setScmAuthorLDAPDN(authorLDAPDN);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/webhook/github/GitHubSyncServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/webhook/github/GitHubSyncServiceImpl.java
index 750da4d4..13dc03f7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/webhook/github/GitHubSyncServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/webhook/github/GitHubSyncServiceImpl.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import com.capitalone.dashboard.client.RestClient;
 import com.capitalone.dashboard.client.RestUserInfo;
 import com.capitalone.dashboard.misc.HygieiaException;
-import com.capitalone.dashboard.model.AuthorType;
 import com.capitalone.dashboard.model.CollectionError;
 import com.capitalone.dashboard.model.CollectionMode;
 import com.capitalone.dashboard.model.Collector;
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ public class GitHubSyncServiceImpl implements GitHubSyncService {
     List<GitRequest> pullRequests;
     List<GitRequest> issues;
     Map<String, String> ldapMap;
-    Map<String, AuthorType> authorTypeMap;
+    Map<String, String> authorTypeMap;
     private final List<Pattern> commitExclusionPatterns = new ArrayList<>();
 
 
@@ -535,7 +534,10 @@ private GitHubPaging processPullRequest(JSONObject pullObject, GitHubRepo repo,
                 if (mergeEvent != null) {
                     pull.setScmMergeEventRevisionNumber(mergeEvent.getMergeSha());
                     pull.setMergeAuthor(mergeEvent.getMergeAuthor());
-                    pull.setMergeAuthorType(getAuthorType(repo, mergeEvent.getMergeAuthor()));
+                    String mergeAuthorType = getAuthorType(repo, mergeEvent.getMergeAuthor());
+                    if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(mergeAuthorType)) {
+                        pull.setMergeAuthorType(mergeAuthorType);
+                    }
                     String mergeAuthorLDAPDN = getLDAPDN(repo, mergeEvent.getMergeAuthor());
                     if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(mergeAuthorLDAPDN)) {
                         pull.setMergeAuthorLDAPDN(mergeAuthorLDAPDN);
@@ -728,7 +730,10 @@ private GitHubPaging processCommits(JSONObject refObject, GitHubRepo repo) {
             commit.setScmRevisionNumber(sha);
             commit.setScmAuthor(authorName);
             commit.setScmAuthorLogin(authorLogin);
-            commit.setScmAuthorType(getAuthorType(repo, authorLogin));
+            String authorType = getAuthorType(repo, authorLogin);
+            if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(authorType)) {
+                commit.setScmAuthorType(authorType);
+            }
             String authorLDAPDN = getLDAPDN(repo, authorLogin);
             if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(authorLDAPDN)) {
                 commit.setScmAuthorLDAPDN(authorLDAPDN);
@@ -849,7 +854,7 @@ public void getUser(GitHubRepo repo, String user) {
                 ldapMap.put(user, ldapDN);
             }
             if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(authorTypeStr)) {
-                authorTypeMap.put(user, AuthorType.fromString(authorTypeStr));
+                authorTypeMap.put(user, authorTypeStr);
             }
         } catch (MalformedURLException | HygieiaException | RestClientException e) {
             LOG.error("Error getting LDAP_DN For user " + user, e);
@@ -868,7 +873,7 @@ public String getLDAPDN(GitHubRepo repo, String user) {
         return ldapMap.get(formattedUser);
     }
 
-    public AuthorType getAuthorType(GitHubRepo repo, String user) {
+    public String getAuthorType(GitHubRepo repo, String user) {
         if (StringUtils.isEmpty(user) || "unknown".equalsIgnoreCase(user)) return null;
         if (authorTypeMap == null) { authorTypeMap = new HashMap<>(); }
         //This is weird. Github does replace the _ in commit author with - in the user api!!!
@@ -895,7 +900,10 @@ private List<Comment> getComments(GitHubRepo repo, JSONObject commentsJSON) thro
             Comment comment = new Comment();
             comment.setBody(str(node, "bodyText"));
             comment.setUser(str((JSONObject) node.get("author"), "login"));
-            comment.setUserType(getAuthorType(repo, comment.getUser()));
+            String userType = getAuthorType(repo, comment.getUser());
+            if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(userType)) {
+                comment.setUserType(userType);
+            }
             String userLDAPDN = getLDAPDN(repo, comment.getUser());
             if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(userLDAPDN)) {
                 comment.setUserLDAPDN(userLDAPDN);
@@ -933,6 +941,10 @@ private List<Commit> getPRCommits(GitHubRepo repo, JSONObject commits, GitReques
             newCommit.setScmAuthor(str(author, "name"));
             newCommit.setScmAuthorLogin(authorUserJSON == null ? "unknown" : str(authorUserJSON, "login"));
             String authorLDAPDN = "unknown".equalsIgnoreCase(newCommit.getScmAuthorLogin()) ? null : getLDAPDN(repo, newCommit.getScmAuthorLogin());
+            String authorType = getAuthorType(repo, newCommit.getScmAuthorLogin());
+            if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(authorType)) {
+                newCommit.setScmAuthorType(authorType);
+            }
             if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(authorLDAPDN)) {
                 newCommit.setScmAuthorLDAPDN(authorLDAPDN);
             }
@@ -1015,7 +1027,10 @@ private List<Review> getReviews(GitHubRepo repo, JSONObject reviewObject) throws
             review.setBody(str(node, "bodyText"));
             JSONObject authorObj = (JSONObject) node.get("author");
             review.setAuthor(str(authorObj, "login"));
-            review.setAuthorType(getAuthorType(repo, review.getAuthor()));
+            String authorType = getAuthorType(repo, review.getAuthor());
+            if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(authorType)) {
+                review.setAuthorType(authorType);
+            }
             String authorLDAPDN = getLDAPDN(repo, review.getAuthor());
             if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(authorLDAPDN)) {
                 review.setAuthorLDAPDN(authorLDAPDN);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/webhook/github/GitHubV3.java b/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/webhook/github/GitHubV3.java
index 93c5a069..61b86201 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/webhook/github/GitHubV3.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/webhook/github/GitHubV3.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.capitalone.dashboard.webhook.github;
 
-import com.capitalone.dashboard.model.AuthorType;
 import com.capitalone.dashboard.repository.CollectorItemRepository;
 import com.capitalone.dashboard.settings.ApiSettings;
 import com.capitalone.dashboard.client.RestClient;
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ public abstract class GitHubV3 {
     protected final ApiSettings apiSettings;
 
     private Map<String, String> ldapMap;
-    private Map<String, AuthorType> authorTypeMap;
+    private Map<String, String> authorTypeMap;
 
     public GitHubV3(CollectorService collectorService,
                     RestClient restClient,
@@ -164,7 +163,7 @@ protected void getUser(String repoUrl, String user, String token) {
                     ldapMap.put(user, ldapDN);
                 }
                 if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(authorTypeStr)) {
-                    authorTypeMap.put(user, AuthorType.fromString(authorTypeStr));
+                    authorTypeMap.put(user, authorTypeStr);
                 }
 
                 long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
@@ -195,7 +194,7 @@ protected String getLDAPDN(String repoUrl, String user, String token) {
         return ldapMap.get(formattedUser);
     }
 
-    protected AuthorType getAuthorType(String repoUrl, String user, String token) {
+    protected String getAuthorType(String repoUrl, String user, String token) {
         if (StringUtils.isEmpty(user) || "unknown".equalsIgnoreCase(user)) return null;
         if (authorTypeMap == null) { authorTypeMap = new HashMap<>(); }
         //This is weird. Github does replace the _ in commit author with - in the user api!!!