diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/StoreAssetRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/StoreAssetRequest.php
index 719dfbb4b3..cea8824775 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/StoreAssetRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/StoreAssetRequest.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class StoreAssetRequest extends ImageUploadRequest
 
     public function prepareForValidation(): void
     {
+        // this needed to be added in because the observer fails if `assigned_to` is null :shrug:
         if ($this->has('assigned_user')) {
             $assigned_to = $this->assigned_user;
         } elseif ($this->has('assigned_location')) {
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Api/Assets/AssetStoreTest.php b/tests/Feature/Api/Assets/AssetStoreTest.php
index 746bea9d8f..ae1d54e424 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Api/Assets/AssetStoreTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Api/Assets/AssetStoreTest.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class AssetStoreTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('2024-06-02', $asset->asset_eol_date);
         $this->assertEquals('random_string', $asset->asset_tag);
         // @todo: This isn't in the docs but it's in the controller (should it be removed?)
-        $this->assertEquals($userAssigned->id, $asset->assigned_to);
+        $this->assertEquals($userAssigned->id, $asset->assigned_to); //todo: figure this out
         // @todo: This is not in the docs but it's in the controller
         $this->assertTrue($asset->company->is($company));
         // @todo: this is explicitly set 0 in the controller but they docs say they are customizable