diff --git a/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx b/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
index 8c544520..0020993b 100644
--- a/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ export const AuthorView = (props: Props) => {
     }
   })
 
-  createEffect(() => {
+  createEffect(async () => {
     if (author()?.id && !author().stat) {
-      const a = loadAuthor({ slug: '', author_id: author().id })
+      const a = await loadAuthor({ slug: '', author_id: author().id })
       console.debug('[AuthorView] loaded author:', a)
     }
   })