diff --git a/peach-web/src/context/sbot.rs b/peach-web/src/context/sbot.rs
index ab2c497..b55b78b 100644
--- a/peach-web/src/context/sbot.rs
+++ b/peach-web/src/context/sbot.rs
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ impl ProfileContext {
                 }
             }
 
+            // assign the ssb public key to the context
+            // (could be for the local profile or a peer)
+            context.id = Some(id);
+
             // determine the path to the blob defined by the value of `context.image`
             if let Some(ref blob_id) = context.image {
                 context.blob_path = match blobs::get_blob_path(&blob_id) {