diff --git a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_burnin.py b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_burnin.py
index 88093fb92f..36a28beb5d 100644
--- a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_burnin.py
+++ b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_burnin.py
@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ class ExtractBurnin(openpype.api.Extractor):
         # OPENPYPE_USERNAME might have side effects
         webpublish_user_name = os.environ.get("WEBPUBLISH_OPENPYPE_USERNAME")
         if webpublish_user_name:
+            burnin_data["user"] = webpublish_user_name
             burnin_data["username"] = webpublish_user_name
 
         self.log.debug(