diff --git a/frontend/openchat-shared/src/domain/user/user.utils.ts b/frontend/openchat-shared/src/domain/user/user.utils.ts
index 93926a693f..4e18cfec93 100644
--- a/frontend/openchat-shared/src/domain/user/user.utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/openchat-shared/src/domain/user/user.utils.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export function userOrUserGroupId(u: UserOrUserGroup): string | undefined {
     switch (u.kind) {
         case "user":
         case "bot":
-            return u.username;                
+            return u.userId;                
         default: return undefined;
     }
 }
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