diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
index 135e5e845..54ae987c5 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ export const createArticleResolver = authorized<
         FORCE_PUPPETEER_URLS.some((regex) => regex.test(url))
       ) {
         await createPageSaveRequest({
-          userId: uid,
+          user: userData,
           url,
           state: state || undefined,
           labels: inputLabels || undefined,
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ export const createArticleResolver = authorized<
         // We have a URL but no document, so we try to send this to puppeteer
         // and return a dummy response.
         await createPageSaveRequest({
-          userId: uid,
+          user: userData,
           url,
           state: state || undefined,
           labels: inputLabels || undefined,
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ export const moveToFolderResolver = authorized<
   if (item.state === LibraryItemState.ContentNotFetched) {
     try {
       await createPageSaveRequest({
-        userId: uid,
+        user: item.user,
         url: item.originalUrl,
         articleSavingRequestId: id,
         priority: 'high',
@@ -1013,7 +1013,14 @@ export const fetchContentResolver = authorized<
     },
   })
 
-  const item = await findLibraryItemById(id, uid)
+  const item = await authTrx((tx) =>
+    tx.getRepository(LibraryItem).findOne({
+      where: {
+        id,
+      },
+      relations: ['user'],
+    })
+  )
   if (!item) {
     return {
       errorCodes: [FetchContentErrorCode.Unauthorized],
@@ -1024,7 +1031,7 @@ export const fetchContentResolver = authorized<
   if (item.state === LibraryItemState.ContentNotFetched) {
     try {
       await createPageSaveRequest({
-        userId: uid,
+        user: item.user,
         url: item.originalUrl,
         articleSavingRequestId: id,
         priority: 'high',
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article_saving_request/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article_saving_request/index.ts
index 9f4cf7c4a..b42171f6f 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article_saving_request/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article_saving_request/index.ts
@@ -42,9 +42,14 @@ export const createArticleSavingRequestResolver = authorized<
     },
   })
 
+  const user = await userRepository.findById(uid)
+  if (!user) {
+    return { errorCodes: [CreateArticleSavingRequestErrorCode.Unauthorized] }
+  }
+
   try {
     const articleSavingRequest = await createPageSaveRequest({
-      userId: uid,
+      user,
       url,
       pubsub,
     })
diff --git a/packages/api/src/routers/article_router.ts b/packages/api/src/routers/article_router.ts
index efceb02ef..6b3bab37f 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/routers/article_router.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/routers/article_router.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import * as jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'
 import { Speech } from '../entity/speech'
 import { env } from '../env'
 import { CreateArticleErrorCode } from '../generated/graphql'
+import { userRepository } from '../repository/user'
 import { Claims } from '../resolvers/types'
 import { createPageSaveRequest } from '../services/create_page_save_request'
 import { findLibraryItemById } from '../services/library_item'
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ export function articleRouter() {
     const { url } = req.body as {
       url?: string
     }
+    if (!url) {
+      return res.status(400).send({ errorCode: 'BAD_DATA' })
+    }
 
     const token = req?.cookies?.auth || req?.headers?.authorization
     const claims = await getClaimsByToken(token)
@@ -40,20 +44,12 @@ export function articleRouter() {
     }
 
     const { uid } = claims
-
-    logger.info('Article saving request', {
-      body: req.body,
-      labels: {
-        source: 'SaveEndpoint',
-        userId: uid,
-      },
-    })
-
-    if (!url) {
-      return res.status(400).send({ errorCode: 'BAD_DATA' })
+    const user = await userRepository.findById(uid)
+    if (!user) {
+      return res.status(400).send('Bad Request')
     }
 
-    const result = await createPageSaveRequest({ userId: uid, url })
+    const result = await createPageSaveRequest({ user, url })
 
     if (isSiteBlockedForParse(url)) {
       return res
diff --git a/packages/api/src/routers/svc/links.ts b/packages/api/src/routers/svc/links.ts
index 05d69225d..f247b6ffa 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/routers/svc/links.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/routers/svc/links.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import express from 'express'
 import { LessThan } from 'typeorm'
 import { LibraryItemState } from '../../entity/library_item'
 import { readPushSubscription } from '../../pubsub'
+import { userRepository } from '../../repository/user'
 import { createPageSaveRequest } from '../../services/create_page_save_request'
 import { deleteLibraryItemsByAdmin } from '../../services/library_item'
 import { logger } from '../../utils/logger'
@@ -65,9 +66,14 @@ export function linkServiceRouter() {
     }
     const msg = data as CreateLinkRequestMessage
 
+    const user = await userRepository.findById(msg.userId)
+    if (!user) {
+      return res.status(400).send('Bad Request')
+    }
+
     try {
       const request = await createPageSaveRequest({
-        userId: msg.userId,
+        user,
         url: msg.url,
       })
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/create_page_save_request.ts b/packages/api/src/services/create_page_save_request.ts
index 733559109..403ccf3f0 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/create_page_save_request.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/create_page_save_request.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as privateIpLib from 'private-ip'
 import { LibraryItemState } from '../entity/library_item'
+import { User } from '../entity/user'
 import {
   ArticleSavingRequest,
   ArticleSavingRequestStatus,
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ import {
   PageType,
 } from '../generated/graphql'
 import { createPubSubClient, PubsubClient } from '../pubsub'
-import { userRepository } from '../repository/user'
 import { enqueueParseRequest } from '../utils/createTask'
 import {
   cleanUrl,
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { logger } from '../utils/logger'
 import { countByCreatedAt, createOrUpdateLibraryItem } from './library_item'
 
 interface PageSaveRequest {
-  userId: string
+  user: User
   url: string
   pubsub?: PubsubClient
   articleSavingRequestId?: string
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export const validateUrl = (url: string): URL => {
 }
 
 export const createPageSaveRequest = async ({
-  userId,
+  user,
   url,
   pubsub = createPubSubClient(),
   articleSavingRequestId,
@@ -97,15 +97,8 @@ export const createPageSaveRequest = async ({
       errorCode: CreateArticleSavingRequestErrorCode.BadData,
     })
   }
-  // if user is not specified, get it from the database
-  const user = await userRepository.findById(userId)
-  if (!user) {
-    logger.info(`User not found: ${userId}`)
-    return Promise.reject({
-      errorCode: CreateArticleSavingRequestErrorCode.BadData,
-    })
-  }
 
+  const userId = user.id
   url = cleanUrl(url)
 
   // create processing item
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts b/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts
index a01f20ec3..d8e28a43c 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export const savePage = async (
   if (shouldParseInBackend(input)) {
     try {
       await createPageSaveRequest({
-        userId: user.id,
+        user,
         url: itemToSave.originalUrl,
         articleSavingRequestId: clientRequestId || undefined,
         state: input.state || undefined,
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/save_url.ts b/packages/api/src/services/save_url.ts
index 806db0e53..04089e0ea 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/save_url.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/save_url.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export const saveUrl = async (
   try {
     const pageSaveRequest = await createPageSaveRequest({
       ...input,
-      userId: user.id,
+      user,
       articleSavingRequestId: input.clientRequestId,
       state: input.state || undefined,
       labels: input.labels || undefined,