diff --git a/src/user/data.js b/src/user/data.js
index 36800454d3..e7be8a8f5a 100644
--- a/src/user/data.js
+++ b/src/user/data.js
@@ -120,8 +120,9 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 				user.username = (user.hasOwnProperty('oldUid') && parseInt(user.oldUid, 10)) ? '[[global:former-user]]' : '[[global:guest]]';
 				user.displayname = user.username;
 			}
-			user.uid = uid;
-
+			if (uid === -1) { // if loading spider set uid to -1 otherwise spiders have uid = 0 like guests
+				user.uid = -1;
+			}
 			return user;
 		});
 		return users;