diff --git a/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx b/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
index be271c16..59ba9773 100644
--- a/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ export const AuthorView = (props: Props) => {
   const author = createMemo(() => authorEntities()[props.authorSlug])
 
   createEffect(async () => {
-    if (!author()?.stat) {
-      const a = await loadAuthor({ slug: props.authorSlug })
+    if (author() && author().id && !author().stat) {
+      const a = await loadAuthor({ slug: '', author_id: author().id })
       console.debug(`[AuthorView] loaded author:`, a)
     }
   })
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ export const AuthorView = (props: Props) => {
 
   onMount(async () => {
     checkBioHeight()
-    const slug = props.authorSlug || props.author.slug || author().slug
-    await loadAuthor({ slug })
+
     // pagination
     if (sortedArticles().length === PRERENDERED_ARTICLES_COUNT) {
       await loadMore()
diff --git a/src/stores/zine/authors.ts b/src/stores/zine/authors.ts
index 4744d74a..aa468a49 100644
--- a/src/stores/zine/authors.ts
+++ b/src/stores/zine/authors.ts
@@ -56,8 +56,14 @@ export const addAuthors = (authors: Author[]) => {
   )
 }
 
-export const loadAuthor = async ({ slug }: { slug: string }): Promise<Author> => {
-  const author = await apiClient.getAuthor({ slug })
+export const loadAuthor = async ({
+  slug,
+  author_id,
+}: {
+  slug: string
+  author_id: number
+}): Promise<Author> => {
+  const author = await apiClient.getAuthor({ slug, author_id })
   addAuthors([author])
   return author
 }