diff --git a/public/templates/topic.tpl b/public/templates/topic.tpl
index 30772d93e7..1205b39cae 100644
--- a/public/templates/topic.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/topic.tpl
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 		<div class="post-block">
 			<div id="content_{posts.pid}" class="post-content">{posts.content}</div>
 			<div class="profile-block">
-				<img class="hidden-desktop" src="{posts.gravatar}10" align="left" /> posted by <strong><a href="/users/{posts.uid}">{posts.username}</a></strong>    {posts.relativeTime} ago
+				<img class="hidden-desktop" src="{posts.gravatar}10" align="left" /> posted by <strong><a href="/users/{posts.username}">{posts.username}</a></strong>    {posts.relativeTime} ago
 				<span class="post-buttons">
 					<div id="ids_{posts.pid}_{posts.uid}" class="edit {posts.display_moderator_tools} hidden-phone"><i class="icon-pencil"></i></div>
 					<div id="ids_{posts.pid}_{posts.uid}" class="delete {posts.display_moderator_tools} hidden-phone"><i class="icon-trash"></i></div>
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 				usercount = usernames.length;
 
 			for (var i = 0, ii=usercount; i<ii; i++) {
-				usernames[i] = '<strong>' + '<a href="/users/'+users.uids[i]+'">' + usernames[i] + '</a></strong>';
+				usernames[i] = '<strong>' + '<a href="/users/'+usernames[i]+'">' + usernames[i] + '</a></strong>';
 			}
 
 			// headexplosion.gif for fun, to see if I could do this in one line of code. feel free to refactor haha