diff --git a/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/detail/VideoDetailViewModel.kt b/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/detail/VideoDetailViewModel.kt
index 96579977d..63dea79c3 100644
--- a/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/detail/VideoDetailViewModel.kt
+++ b/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/detail/VideoDetailViewModel.kt
@@ -106,10 +106,11 @@ class VideoDetailViewModel : ViewModel() {
 
                 // More from this channel via strawcore.channelInfo — one
                 // Rust round-trip returns the channel's Videos tab pre-mapped.
+                val uploaderUrl = info.uploaderUrl
                 val moreFromChannel: List<com.sulkta.straw.feature.search.StreamItem> =
-                    if (info.uploaderUrl.isNullOrBlank()) emptyList()
+                    if (uploaderUrl.isNullOrBlank()) emptyList()
                     else runCatching {
-                        val ch = uniffi.strawcore.channelInfo(info.uploaderUrl)
+                        val ch = uniffi.strawcore.channelInfo(uploaderUrl)
                         ch.videos
                             .filter { it.url != streamUrl }
                             .take(20)
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ class VideoDetailViewModel : ViewModel() {
                                     url = v.url,
                                     title = v.title.ifBlank { "(no title)" },
                                     uploader = v.uploader.ifBlank { uploader },
-                                    uploaderUrl = v.uploaderUrl ?: info.uploaderUrl,
+                                    uploaderUrl = v.uploaderUrl ?: uploaderUrl,
                                     thumbnail = v.thumbnail,
                                     durationSeconds = v.durationSeconds,
                                     viewCount = v.viewCount,