diff --git a/files/templates/settings/personal.html b/files/templates/settings/personal.html
index 7420d04d3..6707b3fed 100644
--- a/files/templates/settings/personal.html
+++ b/files/templates/settings/personal.html
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
 						</div>
 						<div class="body w-lg-100">
 							<div class="input-group">
-								<input autocomplete="off" type="text" readonly class="form-control copy-link" id="referral_code" value="{{SITE_FULL}}/signup?ref={{v.username}}" data-clipboard-text="{{SITE_FULL}}/signup?ref={{v.username}}">
+								<input autocomplete="off" type="text" readonly class="form-control copy-link" id="referral_code" value="{{SITE_FULL}}/signup?ref={{v.original_username}}" data-clipboard-text="{{SITE_FULL}}/signup?ref={{v.original_username}}">
 								<span class="input-group-append" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="top" title="You have referred {{v.referral_count}} user{{'s' if v.referral_count != 1 else ''}} so far. {% if v.referral_count==0 %}¯\_(ツ)_/¯{% elif v.referral_count>10 %}Wow!{% endif %}">
 									<span class="input-group-text text-primary border-0"><i class="fas fa-user mr-1"></i>{{v.referral_count}}</span>
 								</span>