diff --git a/app/helpers/atom_builder_helper.rb b/app/helpers/atom_builder_helper.rb
index d73f09aaf60781338e73cb6214af76c2293f44ad..085a97cda96d10bc8786b8993fefa28fd572436a 100644
--- a/app/helpers/atom_builder_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/atom_builder_helper.rb
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ module AtomBuilderHelper
   end
 
   def include_author(xml, account)
+    simple_id        xml, TagManager.instance.uri_for(account)
     object_type      xml, :person
     uri              xml, TagManager.instance.uri_for(account)
     name             xml, account.username