diff --git a/packages/api/src/routers/svc/pdf_attachments.ts b/packages/api/src/routers/svc/pdf_attachments.ts
index 2c3e40dd7..5234415cb 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/routers/svc/pdf_attachments.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/routers/svc/pdf_attachments.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { initModels } from '../../server'
 import { kx } from '../../datalayer/knex_config'
 import { analytics } from '../../utils/analytics'
 import { getNewsletterEmail } from '../../services/newsletters'
+import { setClaims } from '../../datalayer/helpers'
 
 export function pdfAttachmentsRouter() {
   const router = express.Router()
@@ -82,9 +83,10 @@ export function pdfAttachmentsRouter() {
   router.post('/create-article', async (req, res) => {
     console.log('pdf-attachments/create-article')
 
-    const { email, uploadFileId } = req.body as {
+    const { email, uploadFileId, subject } = req.body as {
       email: string
       uploadFileId: string
+      subject: string
     }
 
     const token = req?.headers?.authorization
@@ -130,13 +132,14 @@ export function pdfAttachmentsRouter() {
         pageType: pageType,
         hash: uploadFileHash,
         uploadFileId: uploadFileId,
-        title: uploadFile.fileName,
+        title: subject || uploadFile.fileName,
         content: '',
       }
 
-      const uploadFileData = await models.uploadFile.setFileUploadComplete(
-        uploadFileId
-      )
+      const uploadFileData = await kx.transaction(async (tx) => {
+        await setClaims(tx, user.id)
+        return models.uploadFile.setFileUploadComplete(uploadFileId, tx)
+      })
       if (!uploadFileData || !uploadFileData.id || !uploadFileData.fileName) {
         return res.status(400).send('BAD REQUEST')
       }
@@ -147,6 +150,7 @@ export function pdfAttachmentsRouter() {
       )
 
       const link = await kx.transaction(async (tx) => {
+        await setClaims(tx, user.id)
         const articleRecord = await models.article.create(articleToSave, tx)
         return models.userArticle.create(
           {
diff --git a/packages/inbound-email-handler/src/index.ts b/packages/inbound-email-handler/src/index.ts
index 5b79b2cfc..e60170fbb 100644
--- a/packages/inbound-email-handler/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/inbound-email-handler/src/index.ts
@@ -23,15 +23,16 @@ export const inboundEmailHandler = Sentry.GCPFunction.wrapHttpFunction(
     const parts = multipart.parse(req.body, 'xYzZY')
     const parsed: Record<string, string> = {}
 
+    let pdfAttachment: Buffer | undefined
+    let pdfAttachmentName: string | undefined
+
     for (const part of parts) {
       const { name, data, type, filename } = part
       if (name && data) {
         parsed[name] = data.toString()
       } else if (type === 'application/pdf' && data) {
-        parsed['pdf-attachment-data'] = data.toString()
-        parsed['pdf-attachment-filename'] = filename
-          ? filename
-          : 'attachment.pdf'
+        pdfAttachment = data
+        pdfAttachmentName = filename
       } else {
         console.log('no data or name for ', part)
       }
@@ -82,12 +83,13 @@ export const inboundEmailHandler = Sentry.GCPFunction.wrapHttpFunction(
         if (isConfirmationEmail(from)) {
           console.log('handleConfirmation', from, recipientAddress)
           await handleConfirmation(recipientAddress, subject)
-        } else if (parsed['pdf-attachment-filename']) {
+        } else if (pdfAttachment) {
           console.log('handle PDF attachment', from, recipientAddress)
           await handlePdfAttachment(
             recipientAddress,
-            parsed['pdf-attachment-filename'],
-            parsed['pdf-attachment-data']
+            pdfAttachmentName,
+            pdfAttachment,
+            subject
           )
         }
 
diff --git a/packages/inbound-email-handler/src/pdf.ts b/packages/inbound-email-handler/src/pdf.ts
index 1cf8325e8..85e68cd84 100644
--- a/packages/inbound-email-handler/src/pdf.ts
+++ b/packages/inbound-email-handler/src/pdf.ts
@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@ type UploadResponse = {
 
 export const handlePdfAttachment = async (
   email: string,
-  fileName: string,
-  data: string
+  fileName: string | undefined,
+  data: Buffer,
+  subject: string
 ): Promise<void> => {
   console.log('handlePdfAttachment', email, fileName)
 
+  fileName = fileName || 'attachment.pdf'
+
   try {
     const uploadResult = await getUploadIdAndSignedUrl(email, fileName)
     if (!uploadResult.url || !uploadResult.id) {
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ export const handlePdfAttachment = async (
       return
     }
     await uploadToSignedUrl(uploadResult.url, data)
-    await createArticle(email, uploadResult.id)
+    await createArticle(email, uploadResult.id, subject)
   } catch (error) {
     console.error('handlePdfAttachment error', error)
   }
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ const getUploadIdAndSignedUrl = async (
 
 const uploadToSignedUrl = async (
   uploadUrl: string,
-  data: string
+  data: Buffer
 ): Promise<AxiosResponse> => {
   return axios.put(uploadUrl, data, {
     headers: {
@@ -73,11 +76,13 @@ const uploadToSignedUrl = async (
 
 const createArticle = async (
   email: string,
-  uploadFileId: string
+  uploadFileId: string,
+  subject: string
 ): Promise<AxiosResponse> => {
   const data = {
     email,
     uploadFileId,
+    subject,
   }
 
   if (process.env.JWT_SECRET === undefined) {