diff --git a/public/s/js/comments.js b/public/s/js/comments.js
index ea2c7e6..079e6a4 100644
--- a/public/s/js/comments.js
+++ b/public/s/js/comments.js
@@ -2213,7 +2213,9 @@ class CommentSystem {
             ? `style="--author-banner: url('/a/${comment.banner_file}'); --author-banner-position: ${comment.banner_position === 'center' ? 'center top' : (comment.banner_position || 'center top')}; --author-banner-size: ${(comment.banner_size && comment.banner_size !== 'cover') ? comment.banner_size : '100% auto'}; --author-banner-repeat: no-repeat;"`
             : '';
 
-        return `<div class="${commentClass} ${isDeleted ? 'deleted' : ''} ${isPinned ? 'pinned' : ''}" id="c${comment.id}" ${bannerStyle}><div class="comment-avatar">${comment.username ? `<a href="/user/${comment.username}">` : ''}<img src="${comment.avatar_file ? `/a/${comment.avatar_file}` : (comment.avatar ? `/t/${comment.avatar}.webp` : '/a/default.png')}">${comment.username ? `</a>` : ''}</div><div class="comment-body"><div class="comment-header"><div class="comment-header-left">${pinnedBadge}${comment.username ? `<a href="/user/${comment.username}" class="comment-author" tooltip="ID: ${comment.user_id}" ${comment.username_color ? `style="color: ${comment.username_color}"` : ''}>${this.escapeHtml(comment.display_name || comment.username)}</a>` : '<span class="comment-author">System</span>'}${contextMarker}${backlinkHtml}</div><a href="#c${comment.id}" class="comment-time timeago" tooltip="${fullDate}" data-iso="${isoDate}" data-id="${comment.id}" data-username="${comment.username}" data-display="${this.escapeHtml(comment.display_name || '')}">${timeAgo}</a></div><div class="comment-content" data-raw="${this.escapeHtml(comment.content)}">${content}</div>${this.renderCommentAttachments(comment.files, comment.content)}${this.renderCommentPoll(comment.poll, comment.id, comment.username)}<div class="comment-footer"><div class="comment-footer-right"><div class="comment-actions">${!isDeleted && currentUserId ? `<button class="reply-btn" data-id="${comment.id}" data-username="${comment.username}" data-display="${this.escapeHtml(comment.display_name || '')}" title="Reply"><i class="fa-solid fa-reply"></i></button><button class="quote-btn" data-id="${comment.id}" data-username="${comment.username}" data-display="${this.escapeHtml(comment.display_name || '')}" title="Quote with Text"><i class="fa-solid fa-quote-left"></i></button><button class="report-comment-btn" data-id="${comment.id}" title="Report Comment" style="background:none;border:none;color:inherit;cursor:pointer;opacity:0.75;padding:0;"><i class="fa-solid fa-triangle-exclamation"></i></button>` : ''}${adminButtons}${userDeleteButton}</div></div></div></div><a href="#c${comment.id}" class="comment-permalink" title="Permalink" data-id="${comment.id}" data-username="${comment.username}" data-display="${this.escapeHtml(comment.display_name || '')}">#${comment.id}</a></div>${repliesHtml}`;
+        const authorUserId = comment.user_id ?? (comment.username && window.f0ckSession && comment.username.toLowerCase() === (window.f0ckSession.user || '').toLowerCase() ? (window.f0ckSession.id || window.f0ckSession.user_id) : null);
+
+        return `<div class="${commentClass} ${isDeleted ? 'deleted' : ''} ${isPinned ? 'pinned' : ''}" id="c${comment.id}" ${bannerStyle}><div class="comment-avatar">${comment.username ? `<a href="/user/${comment.username}">` : ''}<img src="${comment.avatar_file ? `/a/${comment.avatar_file}` : (comment.avatar ? `/t/${comment.avatar}.webp` : '/a/default.png')}">${comment.username ? `</a>` : ''}</div><div class="comment-body"><div class="comment-header"><div class="comment-header-left">${pinnedBadge}${comment.username ? `<a href="/user/${comment.username}" class="comment-author" tooltip="ID: ${authorUserId ?? ''}" ${comment.username_color ? `style="color: ${comment.username_color}"` : ''}>${this.escapeHtml(comment.display_name || comment.username)}</a>` : '<span class="comment-author">System</span>'}${contextMarker}${backlinkHtml}</div><a href="#c${comment.id}" class="comment-time timeago" tooltip="${fullDate}" data-iso="${isoDate}" data-id="${comment.id}" data-username="${comment.username}" data-display="${this.escapeHtml(comment.display_name || '')}">${timeAgo}</a></div><div class="comment-content" data-raw="${this.escapeHtml(comment.content)}">${content}</div>${this.renderCommentAttachments(comment.files, comment.content)}${this.renderCommentPoll(comment.poll, comment.id, comment.username)}<div class="comment-footer"><div class="comment-footer-right"><div class="comment-actions">${!isDeleted && currentUserId ? `<button class="reply-btn" data-id="${comment.id}" data-username="${comment.username}" data-display="${this.escapeHtml(comment.display_name || '')}" title="Reply"><i class="fa-solid fa-reply"></i></button><button class="quote-btn" data-id="${comment.id}" data-username="${comment.username}" data-display="${this.escapeHtml(comment.display_name || '')}" title="Quote with Text"><i class="fa-solid fa-quote-left"></i></button><button class="report-comment-btn" data-id="${comment.id}" title="Report Comment" style="background:none;border:none;color:inherit;cursor:pointer;opacity:0.75;padding:0;"><i class="fa-solid fa-triangle-exclamation"></i></button>` : ''}${adminButtons}${userDeleteButton}</div></div></div></div><a href="#c${comment.id}" class="comment-permalink" title="Permalink" data-id="${comment.id}" data-username="${comment.username}" data-display="${this.escapeHtml(comment.display_name || '')}">#${comment.id}</a></div>${repliesHtml}`;
     }
 
     timeAgo(date) {
@@ -3589,7 +3591,7 @@ class CommentSystem {
                         files: files,
                         created_at: json.comment.created_at || new Date().toISOString(),
                         username: currentUsername,
-                        user_id: session.id || null,
+                        user_id: (json.comment && json.comment.user_id) || session.id || session.user_id || null,
                         display_name: session.display_name || null,
                         avatar: resolvedAvatar,
                         avatar_file: resolvedAvatarFile,
diff --git a/src/inc/routes/comments.mjs b/src/inc/routes/comments.mjs
index 0b71f4a..dedcac2 100644
--- a/src/inc/routes/comments.mjs
+++ b/src/inc/routes/comments.mjs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export default (router, tpl) => {
                     comments,
                     is_subscribed,
                     is_locked,
-                    user_id: req.session ? req.session.user : null,
+                    user_id: req.session ? req.session.id : null,
                     is_admin: req.session ? (req.session.admin || req.session.is_moderator) : false
                 })
             })
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ export default (router, tpl) => {
                     success: true, 
                     comment: {
                         ...newComment[0],
+                        user_id: req.session.id,
                         content,
                         files: activityFiles,
                         banner_file: bannerOpt.banner_file || req.session.banner_file || null,
diff --git a/views/snippets/footer.html b/views/snippets/footer.html
index b2063ab..a7dc1ec 100644
--- a/views/snippets/footer.html
+++ b/views/snippets/footer.html
@@ -379,6 +379,8 @@
     enable_nsfl: @if(enable_nsfl) true @else false @endif,
     user: @if(session) "{{ session.user }}" @else null @endif,
     display_name: @if(session && session.display_name) "{!! session.display_name !!}" @else null @endif,
+    id: @if(session && session.id) {{ session.id }} @else null @endif,
+    user_id: @if(session && session.id) {{ session.id }} @else null @endif,
     is_admin: @if(session && session.admin) true @else false @endif,
     is_moderator: @if(session && session.is_moderator) true @else false @endif,
     enable_swf: @if(enable_swf) true @else false @endif,