diff --git a/src/middleware/render.js b/src/middleware/render.js
index 78d3577418..4ae47a4161 100644
--- a/src/middleware/render.js
+++ b/src/middleware/render.js
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ module.exports = function (middleware) {
 			return await user.getUserData(req.uid);
 		}
 		return {
-			uid: 0,
+			uid: req.uid === -1 ? -1 : 0,
 			username: '[[global:guest]]',
 			picture: user.getDefaultAvatar(),
 			'icon:text': '?',
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ module.exports = function (middleware) {
 			timeagoCode: languages.userTimeagoCode(res.locals.config.userLang),
 			browserTitle: translator.translate(controllersHelpers.buildTitle(title)),
 			navigation: navigation.get(req.uid),
-			roomIds: db.getSortedSetRevRange(`uid:${req.uid}:chat:rooms`, 0, 0),
+			roomIds: req.uid > 0 ? db.getSortedSetRevRange(`uid:${req.uid}:chat:rooms`, 0, 0) : [],
 		});
 
 		const unreadData = {
diff --git a/src/user/data.js b/src/user/data.js
index c7e2d8b828..e7be8a8f5a 100644
--- a/src/user/data.js
+++ b/src/user/data.js
@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 				user.username = (user.hasOwnProperty('oldUid') && parseInt(user.oldUid, 10)) ? '[[global:former-user]]' : '[[global:guest]]';
 				user.displayname = user.username;
 			}
-
+			if (uid === -1) { // if loading spider set uid to -1 otherwise spiders have uid = 0 like guests
+				user.uid = -1;
+			}
 			return user;
 		});
 		return users;