diff --git a/src/components/Pages/AuthorPage.tsx b/src/components/Pages/AuthorPage.tsx
index 2006c8a2..556fbea3 100644
--- a/src/components/Pages/AuthorPage.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Pages/AuthorPage.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export const AuthorPage = (props: PageProps) => {
   return (
     <PageWrap>
       <Show when={isLoaded()} fallback={<Loading />}>
-        <AuthorView author={props.author} shouts={props.shouts} />
+        <AuthorView author={props.author} shouts={props.shouts} authorSlug={slug()} />
       </Show>
     </PageWrap>
   )
diff --git a/src/components/Views/Author.tsx b/src/components/Views/Author.tsx
index 59f4ab3f..94635d88 100644
--- a/src/components/Views/Author.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Views/Author.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { splitToPages } from '../../utils/splitToPages'
 type AuthorProps = {
   shouts: Shout[]
   author: Author
+  authorSlug: string
   // FIXME author topics from server
   // topics: Topic[]
 }
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ export const AuthorView = (props: AuthorProps) => {
   const { topicsByAuthor } = useTopicsStore()
   const [isLoadMoreButtonVisible, setIsLoadMoreButtonVisible] = createSignal(false)
 
-  const author = createMemo(() => authorEntities()[props.author.slug])
+  const author = createMemo(() => authorEntities()[props.authorSlug])
   const { searchParams, changeSearchParam } = useRouter<AuthorPageSearchParams>()
 
   const loadMore = async () => {