diff --git a/app/controllers/post_disapprovals_controller.rb b/app/controllers/post_disapprovals_controller.rb
index 747f3ad31..7a9195608 100644
--- a/app/controllers/post_disapprovals_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/post_disapprovals_controller.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class PostDisapprovalsController < ApplicationController
 
   def create
     cookies.permanent[:moderated] = Time.now.to_i
-    @post_disapproval = PostDisapproval.create(post_disapproval_params)
+    @post_disapproval = PostDisapproval.create(user: CurrentUser.user, **post_disapproval_params)
     respond_with(@post_disapproval)
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/post_disapproval.rb b/app/models/post_disapproval.rb
index 76540365a..4f9a7a7b9 100644
--- a/app/models/post_disapproval.rb
+++ b/app/models/post_disapproval.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ class PostDisapproval < ApplicationRecord
 
   belongs_to :post
   belongs_to :user
-  after_initialize :initialize_attributes, if: :new_record?
   validates_uniqueness_of :post_id, :scope => [:user_id], :message => "have already hidden this post"
   validates_inclusion_of :reason, :in => %w(legacy breaks_rules poor_quality disinterest)
 
@@ -13,10 +12,6 @@ class PostDisapproval < ApplicationRecord
   scope :poor_quality, -> {where(:reason => "poor_quality")}
   scope :disinterest, -> {where(:reason => ["disinterest", "legacy"])}
 
-  def initialize_attributes
-    self.user_id ||= CurrentUser.user.id
-  end
-
   def self.prune!
     PostDisapproval.where("post_id in (select _.post_id from post_disapprovals _ where _.created_at < ?)", DELETION_THRESHOLD.ago).delete_all
   end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index cd2c37479..3b98cefde 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
   resources :post_appeals
   resources :post_flags
   resources :post_approvals, only: [:index]
-  resources :post_disapprovals, only: [:create, :index]
+  resources :post_disapprovals, only: [:create, :show, :index]
   resources :post_versions, :only => [:index, :search] do
     member do
       put :undo
diff --git a/test/factories/post_disapproval.rb b/test/factories/post_disapproval.rb
index 156ac1edb..686746198 100644
--- a/test/factories/post_disapproval.rb
+++ b/test/factories/post_disapproval.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 FactoryBot.define do
   factory(:post_disapproval) do
+    user
     reason { %w(breaks_rules poor_quality disinterest).sample }
     message { FFaker::Lorem.sentence }
   end
diff --git a/test/functional/post_disapprovals_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/post_disapprovals_controller_test.rb
index 9789061b1..5a0e5f18b 100644
--- a/test/functional/post_disapprovals_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/post_disapprovals_controller_test.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class PostDisapprovalsControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     context "create action" do
       should "render" do
         assert_difference("PostDisapproval.count", 1) do
-          post_auth moderator_post_disapprovals_path, @admin, params: { post_disapproval: { post_id: @post.id, reason: "breaks_rules" }, format: "js" }
+          post_auth post_disapprovals_path, @admin, params: { post_disapproval: { post_id: @post.id, reason: "breaks_rules" }, format: "js" }
         end
         assert_response :success
       end
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class PostDisapprovalsControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
       context "for json" do
         should "render" do
           assert_difference("PostDisapproval.count", 1) do
-            post_auth moderator_post_disapprovals_path, @admin, params: { post_disapproval: { post_id: @post.id, reason: "breaks_rules" }, format: "json" }
+            post_auth post_disapprovals_path, @admin, params: { post_disapproval: { post_id: @post.id, reason: "breaks_rules" }, format: "json" }
           end
           assert_response :success
         end
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class PostDisapprovalsControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     context "index action" do
       should "render" do
         disapproval = FactoryBot.create(:post_disapproval, post: @post)
-        get_auth moderator_post_disapprovals_path, @admin
+        get_auth post_disapprovals_path, @admin
 
         assert_response :success
       end