diff --git a/src/node/db/Pad.ts b/src/node/db/Pad.ts
index 0fded8975..2789f1867 100644
--- a/src/node/db/Pad.ts
+++ b/src/node/db/Pad.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ class Pad {
       authorId && authorManager.addPad(authorId, this.id),
       hooks.aCallAll(hook, {
         pad: this,
+        padId: this.id,
         authorId,
         get author() {
           pad_utils.warnDeprecated(`${hook} hook author context is deprecated; use authorId instead`);