diff --git a/openpype/modules/ftrack/plugins/publish/collect_username.py b/openpype/modules/ftrack/plugins/publish/collect_username.py
index 303490189b..84d7f60a3f 100644
--- a/openpype/modules/ftrack/plugins/publish/collect_username.py
+++ b/openpype/modules/ftrack/plugins/publish/collect_username.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ class CollectUsername(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
 
     def process(self, context):
         self.log.info("CollectUsername")
-
         os.environ["FTRACK_API_USER"] = os.environ["FTRACK_BOT_API_USER"]
         os.environ["FTRACK_API_KEY"] = os.environ["FTRACK_BOT_API_KEY"]
 
@@ -57,7 +56,12 @@ class CollectUsername(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
         if not user:
             raise ValueError(
                 "Couldn't find user with {} email".format(user_email))
-
-        username = user[0].get("username")
+        user = user[0]
+        username = user.get("username")
         self.log.debug("Resolved ftrack username:: {}".format(username))
         os.environ["FTRACK_API_USER"] = username
+
+        burnin_name = username
+        if '@' in burnin_name:
+            burnin_name = burnin_name[:burnin_name.index('@')]
+        os.environ["WEBPUBLISH_OPENPYPE_USERNAME"] = burnin_name
diff --git a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_burnin.py b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_burnin.py
index 7ff1b24689..b2ca8850b6 100644
--- a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_burnin.py
+++ b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_burnin.py
@@ -478,6 +478,12 @@ class ExtractBurnin(openpype.api.Extractor):
             "frame_end_handle": frame_end_handle
         }
 
+        # use explicit username for webpublishes as rewriting
+        # OPENPYPE_USERNAME might have side effects
+        webpublish_user_name = os.environ.get("WEBPUBLISH_OPENPYPE_USERNAME")
+        if webpublish_user_name:
+            burnin_data["username"] = webpublish_user_name
+
         self.log.debug(
             "Basic burnin_data: {}".format(json.dumps(burnin_data, indent=4))
         )