diff --git a/native/avatars/thread-avatar.react.js b/native/avatars/thread-avatar.react.js
index e3865a3d5..2582ec2c4 100644
--- a/native/avatars/thread-avatar.react.js
+++ b/native/avatars/thread-avatar.react.js
@@ -1,51 +1,60 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { useAvatarForThread } from 'lib/hooks/avatar-hooks.js';
 import { useResolvedAvatar } from 'lib/shared/avatar-utils.js';
 import { getSingleOtherUser } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import type { AvatarSize } from 'lib/types/avatar-types.js';
 import type {
   ThreadInfo,
   ResolvedThreadInfo,
   RawThreadInfo,
 } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import { threadTypes } from 'lib/types/thread-types-enum.js';
 
 import Avatar from './avatar.react.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 
 type Props = {
   +threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo | ResolvedThreadInfo,
   +size: AvatarSize,
 };
 
 function ThreadAvatar(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { threadInfo, size } = props;
 
   const avatarInfo = useAvatarForThread(threadInfo);
 
   const viewerID = useSelector(
     state => state.currentUserInfo && state.currentUserInfo.id,
   );
 
   let displayUserIDForThread;
   if (threadInfo.type === threadTypes.GENESIS_PRIVATE) {
     displayUserIDForThread = viewerID;
   } else if (threadInfo.type === threadTypes.GENESIS_PERSONAL) {
     displayUserIDForThread = getSingleOtherUser(threadInfo, viewerID);
   }
 
-  const displayUser = useSelector(state =>
-    displayUserIDForThread
-      ? state.userStore.userInfos[displayUserIDForThread]
-      : null,
-  );
+  const displayUser = useSelector(state => {
+    if (!displayUserIDForThread) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const userBase = state.userStore.userInfos[displayUserIDForThread];
+    const farcasterID =
+      state.auxUserStore.auxUserInfos[displayUserIDForThread]?.fid;
+
+    return {
+      ...userBase,
+      farcasterID,
+    };
+  });
 
   const resolvedThreadAvatar = useResolvedAvatar(avatarInfo, displayUser);
 
   return <Avatar size={size} avatarInfo={resolvedThreadAvatar} />;
 }
 
 export default ThreadAvatar;
diff --git a/web/avatars/thread-avatar.react.js b/web/avatars/thread-avatar.react.js
index 7382668cb..2731ee67e 100644
--- a/web/avatars/thread-avatar.react.js
+++ b/web/avatars/thread-avatar.react.js
@@ -1,57 +1,66 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { useAvatarForThread } from 'lib/hooks/avatar-hooks.js';
 import { useResolvedAvatar } from 'lib/shared/avatar-utils.js';
 import { getSingleOtherUser } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import type { AvatarSize } from 'lib/types/avatar-types.js';
 import type {
   ThreadInfo,
   RawThreadInfo,
 } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import { threadTypes } from 'lib/types/thread-types-enum.js';
 
 import Avatar from './avatar.react.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 
 type Props = {
   +threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
   +size: AvatarSize,
   +showSpinner?: boolean,
 };
 
 function ThreadAvatar(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { threadInfo, size, showSpinner } = props;
 
   const avatarInfo = useAvatarForThread(threadInfo);
 
   const viewerID = useSelector(
     state => state.currentUserInfo && state.currentUserInfo.id,
   );
 
   let displayUserIDForThread;
   if (threadInfo.type === threadTypes.GENESIS_PRIVATE) {
     displayUserIDForThread = viewerID;
   } else if (threadInfo.type === threadTypes.GENESIS_PERSONAL) {
     displayUserIDForThread = getSingleOtherUser(threadInfo, viewerID);
   }
 
-  const displayUser = useSelector(state =>
-    displayUserIDForThread
-      ? state.userStore.userInfos[displayUserIDForThread]
-      : null,
-  );
+  const displayUser = useSelector(state => {
+    if (!displayUserIDForThread) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const userBase = state.userStore.userInfos[displayUserIDForThread];
+    const farcasterID =
+      state.auxUserStore.auxUserInfos[displayUserIDForThread]?.fid;
+
+    return {
+      ...userBase,
+      farcasterID,
+    };
+  });
 
   const resolvedThreadAvatar = useResolvedAvatar(avatarInfo, displayUser);
 
   return (
     <Avatar
       size={size}
       avatarInfo={resolvedThreadAvatar}
       showSpinner={showSpinner}
     />
   );
 }
 
 export default ThreadAvatar;