diff --git a/src/controllers/topics.js b/src/controllers/topics.js
index a92570b8c8..ad6681b0b5 100644
--- a/src/controllers/topics.js
+++ b/src/controllers/topics.js
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ topicsController.get = async function getTopic(req, res, next) {
 
 	topicData.postIndex = postIndex;
 
-	await Promise.all([
-		buildBreadcrumbs(topicData),
+	const [author] = await Promise.all([
+		user.getUserFields(topicData.uid, ['username', 'userslug']),
 		addOldCategory(topicData, userPrivileges),
 		addTags(topicData, req, res),
 		incrementViewCount(req, tid),
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ topicsController.get = async function getTopic(req, res, next) {
 		analytics.increment([`pageviews:byCid:${topicData.category.cid}`]),
 	]);
 
+	topicData.author = author;
 	topicData.pagination = pagination.create(currentPage, pageCount, req.query);
 	topicData.pagination.rel.forEach((rel) => {
 		rel.href = `${url}/topic/${topicData.slug}${rel.href}`;
diff --git a/src/views/partials/data/topic.tpl b/src/views/partials/data/topic.tpl
index ea6fea2a3c..6a39c887f4 100644
--- a/src/views/partials/data/topic.tpl
+++ b/src/views/partials/data/topic.tpl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-data-index="{posts.index}" data-pid="{posts.pid}" data-uid="{posts.uid}" data-timestamp="{posts.timestamp}" data-username="{posts.user.username}" data-userslug="{posts.user.userslug}" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Comment"
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+data-index="{posts.index}" data-pid="{posts.pid}" data-uid="{posts.uid}" data-timestamp="{posts.timestamp}" data-username="{posts.user.username}" data-userslug="{posts.user.userslug}" itemprop="comment" itemtype="http://schema.org/Comment" itemscope
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