diff --git a/src/components/Avatar.svelte b/src/components/Avatar.svelte
index a3cb2c02d..7819ff642 100644
--- a/src/components/Avatar.svelte
+++ b/src/components/Avatar.svelte
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import { createIcon } from "@app/lib/blockies";
 
-  export let nodeId: string;
+  export let publicKey: string;
 
   function createContainer(source: string) {
     const seed = source.toLowerCase();
@@ -27,4 +27,8 @@
   }
 </style>
 
-<img title={nodeId} src={createContainer(nodeId)} class="avatar" alt="avatar" />
+<img
+  title={publicKey}
+  src={createContainer(publicKey)}
+  class="avatar"
+  alt="avatar" />
diff --git a/src/components/IssueTeaser.svelte b/src/components/IssueTeaser.svelte
index 6215031a0..00a6a819c 100644
--- a/src/components/IssueTeaser.svelte
+++ b/src/components/IssueTeaser.svelte
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   import type { Issue } from "@bindings/Issue";
 
   import {
+    authorForNodeId,
     formatOid,
     formatTimestamp,
     issueStatusBackgroundColor,
@@ -68,9 +69,7 @@
       style:align-items="flex-start">
       <InlineTitle content={issue.title} />
       <div class="global-flex txt-small">
-        <NodeId
-          nodeId={issue.author.did.replace("did:key:", "")}
-          alias={issue.author.alias} />
+        <NodeId {...authorForNodeId(issue.author)} />
         opened
         <div class="global-oid">{formatOid(issue.id)}</div>
         {formatTimestamp(issue.timestamp)}
diff --git a/src/components/NodeId.svelte b/src/components/NodeId.svelte
index 6ce1fb357..a869162c1 100644
--- a/src/components/NodeId.svelte
+++ b/src/components/NodeId.svelte
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 
   import Avatar from "./Avatar.svelte";
 
-  export let nodeId: string;
+  export let publicKey: string;
   export let alias: string | undefined = undefined;
+
   export let styleFontSize: string | undefined = "var(--font-size-small)";
   export let styleFontFamily: string | undefined =
     "var(--font-family-monospace)";
@@ -26,14 +27,14 @@
   class="avatar-alias"
   style:font-size={styleFontSize}
   style:font-family={styleFontFamily}>
-  <Avatar {nodeId} />
+  <Avatar {publicKey} />
   {#if alias}
     <span class="txt-overflow">
       {alias}
     </span>
   {:else}
     <span class="no-alias">
-      {truncateId(nodeId)}
+      {truncateId(publicKey)}
     </span>
   {/if}
 </div>
diff --git a/src/components/PatchTeaser.svelte b/src/components/PatchTeaser.svelte
index 530fee5c4..482538496 100644
--- a/src/components/PatchTeaser.svelte
+++ b/src/components/PatchTeaser.svelte
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   import type { Stats } from "@bindings/Stats";
 
   import {
+    authorForNodeId,
     formatOid,
     formatTimestamp,
     patchStatusBackgroundColor,
@@ -82,9 +83,7 @@
       style:align-items="flex-start">
       <InlineTitle content={patch.title} />
       <div class="global-flex txt-small">
-        <NodeId
-          nodeId={patch.author.did.replace("did:key:", "")}
-          alias={patch.author.alias} />
+        <NodeId {...authorForNodeId(patch.author)} />
         opened
         <div class="global-oid">{formatOid(patch.id)}</div>
         {formatTimestamp(patch.timestamp)}
diff --git a/src/lib/utils.ts b/src/lib/utils.ts
index 7afc5bce2..67b61cafa 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
+import type { ComponentProps } from "svelte";
+
+import type { Author } from "@bindings/Author";
 import type { Issue } from "@bindings/Issue";
 import type { Patch } from "@bindings/Patch";
 
 import bs58 from "bs58";
 import twemojiModule from "twemoji";
 
+import NodeId from "@app/components/NodeId.svelte";
+
 export const unreachable = (value: never): never => {
   throw new Error(`Unreachable code: ${value}`);
 };
@@ -39,7 +44,11 @@ export function truncateId(pubkey: string): string {
 }
 
 export function truncateDid(did: string): string {
-  return `did:key:${truncateId(did.replace("did:key:", ""))}`;
+  return `did:key:${truncateId(publicKeyFromDid(did))}`;
+}
+
+export function publicKeyFromDid(did: string) {
+  return did.replace("did:key:", "");
 }
 
 export function isCommit(input: string): boolean {
@@ -141,3 +150,7 @@ export const patchStatusBackgroundColor: Record<
   archived: "var(--color-fill-private)",
   merged: "var(--color-fill-delegate)",
 };
+
+export function authorForNodeId(author: Author): ComponentProps<NodeId> {
+  return { publicKey: publicKeyFromDid(author.did), alias: author.alias };
+}
diff --git a/src/views/Home.svelte b/src/views/Home.svelte
index fa2dd4096..5da173a10 100644
--- a/src/views/Home.svelte
+++ b/src/views/Home.svelte
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
       </svelte:fragment>
       <svelte:fragment slot="breadcrumbs">
         <NodeId
-          nodeId={config.publicKey}
+          publicKey={config.publicKey}
           alias={config.alias}
           styleFontFamily="var(--font-family-sans-serif)"
           styleFontSize="var(--font-size-tiny)" />
diff --git a/src/views/repo/CreateIssue.svelte b/src/views/repo/CreateIssue.svelte
index 513686fac..339d9e4cc 100644
--- a/src/views/repo/CreateIssue.svelte
+++ b/src/views/repo/CreateIssue.svelte
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
   <svelte:fragment slot="breadcrumbs">
     <Link route={{ resource: "home" }}>
       <NodeId
-        nodeId={config.publicKey}
+        publicKey={config.publicKey}
         alias={config.alias}
         styleFontFamily="var(--font-family-sans-serif)"
         styleFontSize="var(--font-size-tiny)" />
diff --git a/src/views/repo/Issue.svelte b/src/views/repo/Issue.svelte
index 11abc9bb2..d79855efd 100644
--- a/src/views/repo/Issue.svelte
+++ b/src/views/repo/Issue.svelte
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   import capitalize from "lodash/capitalize";
 
   import {
+    authorForNodeId,
     formatOid,
     formatTimestamp,
     issueStatusColor,
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@
   <svelte:fragment slot="breadcrumbs">
     <Link route={{ resource: "home" }}>
       <NodeId
-        nodeId={config.publicKey}
+        publicKey={config.publicKey}
         alias={config.alias}
         styleFontFamily="var(--font-family-sans-serif)"
         styleFontSize="var(--font-size-tiny)" />
@@ -183,9 +184,7 @@
         <div class="section-title">Assignees</div>
         <div class="global-flex" style:flex-wrap="wrap">
           {#each issue.assignees as assignee}
-            <NodeId
-              nodeId={assignee.did.replace("did:key:", "")}
-              alias={assignee.alias} />
+            <NodeId {...authorForNodeId(assignee)} />
           {:else}
             <span class="txt-missing">Not assigned to anyone.</span>
           {/each}
@@ -195,9 +194,7 @@
 
     <div class="txt-small body">
       <div class="global-flex txt-small" style:margin-bottom="1rem">
-        <NodeId
-          nodeId={issue.author.did.replace("did:key:", "")}
-          alias={issue.author.alias} />
+        <NodeId {...authorForNodeId(issue.author)} />
         opened
         <div class="global-oid">{formatOid(issue.id)}</div>
         {formatTimestamp(issue.timestamp)}
diff --git a/src/views/repo/Issues.svelte b/src/views/repo/Issues.svelte
index 52a7a18b4..6fd60f0fb 100644
--- a/src/views/repo/Issues.svelte
+++ b/src/views/repo/Issues.svelte
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   <svelte:fragment slot="breadcrumbs">
     <Link route={{ resource: "home" }}>
       <NodeId
-        nodeId={config.publicKey}
+        publicKey={config.publicKey}
         alias={config.alias}
         styleFontFamily="var(--font-family-sans-serif)"
         styleFontSize="var(--font-size-tiny)" />
diff --git a/src/views/repo/Patch.svelte b/src/views/repo/Patch.svelte
index 3d5f541bd..2c835c66b 100644
--- a/src/views/repo/Patch.svelte
+++ b/src/views/repo/Patch.svelte
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@
   import type { RepoInfo } from "@bindings/RepoInfo";
   import type { Revision } from "@bindings/Revision";
 
-  import { formatTimestamp, formatOid, patchStatusColor } from "@app/lib/utils";
+  import {
+    authorForNodeId,
+    formatOid,
+    formatTimestamp,
+    patchStatusColor,
+  } from "@app/lib/utils";
 
   import Border from "@app/components/Border.svelte";
   import CopyableId from "@app/components/CopyableId.svelte";
@@ -58,7 +63,7 @@
   <svelte:fragment slot="breadcrumbs">
     <Link route={{ resource: "home" }}>
       <NodeId
-        nodeId={config.publicKey}
+        publicKey={config.publicKey}
         alias={config.alias}
         styleFontFamily="var(--font-family-sans-serif)"
         styleFontSize="var(--font-size-tiny)" />
@@ -141,9 +146,7 @@
         </span>
       {/if}
       <div class="global-flex txt-small" style:margin-top="1.5rem">
-        <NodeId
-          nodeId={patch.author.did.replace("did:key:", "")}
-          alias={patch.author.alias} />
+        <NodeId {...authorForNodeId(patch.author)} />
         opened
         <div class="global-oid">{formatOid(patch.id)}</div>
         {formatTimestamp(patch.timestamp)}
diff --git a/src/views/repo/Patches.svelte b/src/views/repo/Patches.svelte
index 4e8dbfb0b..cc67a275f 100644
--- a/src/views/repo/Patches.svelte
+++ b/src/views/repo/Patches.svelte
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   <svelte:fragment slot="breadcrumbs">
     <Link route={{ resource: "home" }}>
       <NodeId
-        nodeId={config.publicKey}
+        publicKey={config.publicKey}
         alias={config.alias}
         styleFontFamily="var(--font-family-sans-serif)"
         styleFontSize="var(--font-size-tiny)" />