diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/video/video-miniature.component.html b/client/src/app/shared/video/video-miniature.component.html
index 233432142..d0b305509 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/video/video-miniature.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/video/video-miniature.component.html
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
     </span>
 
     <span class="video-miniature-created-at-views">{{ video.publishedAt | myFromNow }} - {{ video.views | myNumberFormatter }} views</span>
-    <span class="video-miniature-account">{{ video.by }}</span>
+    <a class="video-miniature-account" [routerLink]="[ '/account', video.account.id ]">{{ video.by }}</a>
   </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/video/video-miniature.component.scss b/client/src/app/shared/video/video-miniature.component.scss
index ece090828..588eea3a7 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/video/video-miniature.component.scss
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/video/video-miniature.component.scss
@@ -39,12 +39,18 @@
     }
 
     .video-miniature-account {
+      @include disable-default-a-behaviour;
+
       display: block;
       overflow: hidden;
       text-overflow: ellipsis;
       white-space: nowrap;
       font-size: 13px;
       color: #585858;
+
+      &:hover {
+        color: #303030;
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/video/video.model.ts b/client/src/app/shared/video/video.model.ts
index a284c1688..2e85f40ef 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/video/video.model.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/video/video.model.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ export class Video implements VideoServerModel {
   nsfw: boolean
 
   account: {
+    id: number
+    uuid: string
     name: string
     displayName: string
     url: string
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.html b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.html
index abda5043e..036d75d3c 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.html
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
           <div class="video-info-by">
             <a [routerLink]="[ '/account', video.account.id ]" title="Go the account page">
-              By {{ video.by }}
+              <span>By {{ video.by }}</span>
               <img [src]="getAvatarPath()" alt="Account avatar" />
             </a>
           </div>
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.scss b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.scss
index 1b44f0d6a..b4d9841fe 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.scss
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.scss
@@ -68,14 +68,16 @@
         font-size: 15px;
       }
 
-      .video-info-by {
+      .video-info-by a {
+        @include disable-default-a-behaviour;
+
         display: flex;
         align-items: center;
         font-size: 13px;
+        color: #000;
 
-        a {
-          color: black;
-          display: inline-block;
+        span:hover {
+          opacity: 0.8;
         }
 
         img {
diff --git a/server/models/video/video.ts b/server/models/video/video.ts
index f23fac2ab..ea466fccd 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video.ts
@@ -104,13 +104,13 @@ enum ScopeNames {
     videoChannelId?: number
   }) => {
     const accountInclude = {
-      attributes: [ 'name' ],
+      attributes: [ 'id', 'name' ],
       model: AccountModel.unscoped(),
       required: true,
       where: {},
       include: [
         {
-          attributes: [ 'preferredUsername', 'url', 'serverId', 'avatarId' ],
+          attributes: [ 'id', 'uuid', 'preferredUsername', 'url', 'serverId', 'avatarId' ],
           model: ActorModel.unscoped(),
           required: true,
           where: VideoModel.buildActorWhereWithFilter(options.filter),
@@ -1078,6 +1078,8 @@ export class VideoModel extends Model<VideoModel> {
       updatedAt: this.updatedAt,
       publishedAt: this.publishedAt,
       account: {
+        id: formattedAccount.id,
+        uuid: formattedAccount.uuid,
         name: formattedAccount.name,
         displayName: formattedAccount.displayName,
         url: formattedAccount.url,
diff --git a/server/tests/utils/videos/videos.ts b/server/tests/utils/videos/videos.ts
index 2ba3a860b..d1d8c07df 100644
--- a/server/tests/utils/videos/videos.ts
+++ b/server/tests/utils/videos/videos.ts
@@ -486,6 +486,8 @@ async function completeVideoCheck (
   expect(video.privacy.label).to.deep.equal(VIDEO_PRIVACIES[attributes.privacy])
   expect(video.nsfw).to.equal(attributes.nsfw)
   expect(video.description).to.equal(attributes.description)
+  expect(video.account.id).to.be.a('number')
+  expect(video.account.uuid).to.be.a('string')
   expect(video.account.host).to.equal(attributes.account.host)
   expect(video.account.name).to.equal(attributes.account.name)
   expect(video.likes).to.equal(attributes.likes)
diff --git a/shared/models/videos/video.model.ts b/shared/models/videos/video.model.ts
index 259826689..ba1881da3 100644
--- a/shared/models/videos/video.model.ts
+++ b/shared/models/videos/video.model.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ export interface Video {
   nsfw: boolean
 
   account: {
+    id: number
+    uuid: string
     name: string
     displayName: string
     url: string