diff --git a/damus/Views/ChatroomView.swift b/damus/Views/ChatroomView.swift
index 70bd6c6..0ce6727 100644
--- a/damus/Views/ChatroomView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/ChatroomView.swift
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ struct ChatroomView: View {
                                  next_ev: ind == count-1 ? nil : thread.events[ind+1],
                                  damus_state: damus
                         )
-                        .event_context_menu(ev, privkey: damus.keypair.privkey)
+                        .event_context_menu(ev, pubkey: ev.pubkey, privkey: damus.keypair.privkey)
                         .onTapGesture {
                             if thread.initial_event.id == ev.id {
                                 //dismiss()
diff --git a/damus/Views/DMChatView.swift b/damus/Views/DMChatView.swift
index 0c71bc6..67bf25d 100644
--- a/damus/Views/DMChatView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/DMChatView.swift
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ struct DMChatView: View {
                 VStack(alignment: .leading) {
                     ForEach(Array(zip(dms.events, dms.events.indices)), id: \.0.id) { (ev, ind) in
                         DMView(event: dms.events[ind], damus_state: damus_state)
-                            .event_context_menu(ev, privkey: damus_state.keypair.privkey)
+                            .event_context_menu(ev, pubkey: ev.pubkey, privkey: damus_state.keypair.privkey)
                     }
                     EndBlock(height: 80)
                 }
diff --git a/damus/Views/EventView.swift b/damus/Views/EventView.swift
index 4a373eb..5cb5581 100644
--- a/damus/Views/EventView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/EventView.swift
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ struct EventView: View {
         .id(event.id)
         .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, minHeight: PFP_SIZE)
         .padding([.bottom], 2)
-        .event_context_menu(event, privkey: damus.keypair.privkey)
+        .event_context_menu(event, pubkey: pubkey, privkey: damus.keypair.privkey)
     }
 }
 
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ extension View {
         }
     }
     
-    func event_context_menu(_ event: NostrEvent, privkey: String?) -> some View {
+    func event_context_menu(_ event: NostrEvent, pubkey: String, privkey: String?) -> some View {
         return self.contextMenu {
             Button {
                 UIPasteboard.general.string = event.get_content(privkey)
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ extension View {
             }
 
             Button {
-                UIPasteboard.general.string = bech32_pubkey(event.pubkey) ?? event.pubkey
+                UIPasteboard.general.string = bech32_pubkey(pubkey) ?? pubkey
             } label: {
                 Label("Copy User ID", systemImage: "tag")
             }