diff --git a/app/Models/Device.php b/app/Models/Device.php
index b533e77456..42c4376ea5 100644
--- a/app/Models/Device.php
+++ b/app/Models/Device.php
@@ -35,7 +35,37 @@ class Device extends BaseModel
 
     public $timestamps = false;
     protected $primaryKey = 'device_id';
-    protected $fillable = ['hostname', 'ip', 'status', 'status_reason', 'sysName', 'sysDescr', 'sysObjectID', 'hardware', 'version', 'features', 'serial', 'icon'];
+    protected $fillable = [
+        'hostname',
+        'ip',
+        'status',
+        'status_reason',
+        'sysName',
+        'sysDescr',
+        'sysObjectID',
+        'hardware',
+        'version',
+        'features',
+        'serial',
+        'icon',
+        'overwrite_ip',
+        'os',
+        'community',
+        'port',
+        'transport',
+        'snmpver',
+        'poller_group',
+        'port_association_mode',
+        'snmp_disable',
+        // ---- snmpV3 fields ----
+        'authlevel',
+        'authname',
+        'authpass',
+        'authalgo',
+        'cryptopass',
+        'cryptoalgo',
+    ];
+
     protected $casts = [
         'last_polled' => 'datetime',
         'status' => 'boolean',
diff --git a/app/Observers/DeviceObserver.php b/app/Observers/DeviceObserver.php
index 955d3ca601..47e7f9ecf9 100644
--- a/app/Observers/DeviceObserver.php
+++ b/app/Observers/DeviceObserver.php
@@ -3,9 +3,21 @@
 namespace App\Observers;
 
 use App\Models\Device;
+use Log;
 
 class DeviceObserver
 {
+    /**
+     * Handle the device "created" event.
+     *
+     * @param  \App\Models\Device  $device
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function created(Device $device)
+    {
+        Log::event("Device $device->hostname has been created", $device, 'system', 3);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Handle the device "updated" event.
      *
@@ -22,11 +34,11 @@ class DeviceObserver
         // key attribute changes
         foreach (['os', 'sysName', 'version', 'hardware', 'features', 'serial', 'icon', 'type'] as $attribute) {
             if ($device->isDirty($attribute)) {
-                \Log::event(self::attributeChangedMessage($attribute, $device->$attribute, $device->getOriginal($attribute)), $device, 'system', 3);
+                Log::event(self::attributeChangedMessage($attribute, $device->$attribute, $device->getOriginal($attribute)), $device, 'system', 3);
             }
         }
         if ($device->isDirty('location_id')) {
-            \Log::event(self::attributeChangedMessage('location', (string) $device->location, null), $device, 'system', 3);
+            Log::event(self::attributeChangedMessage('location', (string) $device->location, null), $device, 'system', 3);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/includes/functions.php b/includes/functions.php
index 6ebcf6c7a5..e1e46bddbd 100644
--- a/includes/functions.php
+++ b/includes/functions.php
@@ -643,9 +643,9 @@ function createHost(
         }
     }
 
-    $device_id = dbInsert($device, 'devices');
-    if ($device_id) {
-        return $device_id;
+    $deviceModel = Device::create($device);
+    if ($deviceModel->device_id) {
+        return $deviceModel->device_id;
     }
 
     throw new \Exception('Failed to add host to the database, please run ./validate.php');