diff --git a/youmubot-db-sql/migrations/20240204214751_add_username_to_osu_users.sql b/youmubot-db-sql/migrations/20240204214751_add_username_to_osu_users.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3759c01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youmubot-db-sql/migrations/20240204214751_add_username_to_osu_users.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-- Add migration script here
+
+ALTER TABLE osu_users
+    ADD COLUMN username TEXT NULL DEFAULT NULL;
diff --git a/youmubot-db-sql/src/models/osu_user.rs b/youmubot-db-sql/src/models/osu_user.rs
index 4665a1b..bef42b2 100644
--- a/youmubot-db-sql/src/models/osu_user.rs
+++ b/youmubot-db-sql/src/models/osu_user.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use sqlx::{query, query_as, Executor};
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct OsuUser {
     pub user_id: i64,
+    pub username: Option<String>, // should always be there
     pub id: i64,
     pub last_update: DateTime,
     pub pp_std: Option<f64>,
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ impl OsuUser {
             Self,
             r#"SELECT
                 user_id as "user_id: i64",
+                username,
                 id as "id: i64",
                 last_update as "last_update: DateTime",
                 pp_std, pp_taiko, pp_mania, pp_catch,
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ impl OsuUser {
             Self,
             r#"SELECT
                 user_id as "user_id: i64",
+                username,
                 id as "id: i64",
                 last_update as "last_update: DateTime",
                 pp_std, pp_taiko, pp_mania, pp_catch,
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ impl OsuUser {
             Self,
             r#"SELECT
                 user_id as "user_id: i64",
+                username,
                 id as "id: i64",
                 last_update as "last_update: DateTime",
                 pp_std, pp_taiko, pp_mania, pp_catch,
@@ -86,8 +90,8 @@ impl OsuUser {
     {
         query!(
             r#"INSERT
-               INTO osu_users(user_id, id, last_update, pp_std, pp_taiko, pp_mania, pp_catch, failures)
-               VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+               INTO osu_users(user_id, username, id, last_update, pp_std, pp_taiko, pp_mania, pp_catch, failures)
+               VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
                ON CONFLICT (user_id) WHERE id = ? DO UPDATE
                SET
                 last_update = excluded.last_update,
@@ -98,6 +102,7 @@ impl OsuUser {
                 failures = excluded.failures
             "#,
             self.user_id,
+            self.username,
             self.id,
             self.last_update,
             self.pp_std,
diff --git a/youmubot-osu/src/discord/db.rs b/youmubot-osu/src/discord/db.rs
index 32ece1c..78def35 100644
--- a/youmubot-osu/src/discord/db.rs
+++ b/youmubot-osu/src/discord/db.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use youmubot_db_sql::{models::osu as models, models::osu_user as model, Pool};
 
@@ -151,6 +153,7 @@ impl OsuUserBests {
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct OsuUser {
     pub user_id: UserId,
+    pub username: Cow<'static, str>,
     pub id: u64,
     pub last_update: DateTime<Utc>,
     pub pp: [Option<f64>; 4],
@@ -162,6 +165,7 @@ impl From<OsuUser> for model::OsuUser {
     fn from(u: OsuUser) -> Self {
         Self {
             user_id: u.user_id.0 as i64,
+            username: Some(u.username.into_owned()),
             id: u.id as i64,
             last_update: u.last_update,
             pp_std: u.pp[Mode::Std as usize],
@@ -177,6 +181,10 @@ impl From<model::OsuUser> for OsuUser {
     fn from(u: model::OsuUser) -> Self {
         Self {
             user_id: UserId(u.user_id as u64),
+            username: u
+                .username
+                .map(|v| Cow::Owned(v))
+                .unwrap_or("unknown".into()),
             id: u.id as u64,
             last_update: u.last_update,
             pp: [0, 1, 2, 3].map(|v| match Mode::from(v) {
diff --git a/youmubot-osu/src/discord/mod.rs b/youmubot-osu/src/discord/mod.rs
index a417086..d7e2f14 100644
--- a/youmubot-osu/src/discord/mod.rs
+++ b/youmubot-osu/src/discord/mod.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::{
     discord::beatmap_cache::BeatmapMetaCache,
     discord::display::ScoreListStyle,
     discord::oppai_cache::{BeatmapCache, BeatmapInfo},
-    models::{Beatmap, Mode, Mods, User},
+    models::{self, Beatmap, Mode, Mods, User},
     request::{BeatmapRequestKind, UserID},
     Client as OsuHttpClient,
 };
@@ -210,12 +210,13 @@ pub async fn save(ctx: &Context, msg: &Message, mut args: Args) -> CommandResult
                     .await?;
                 return Ok(());
             }
-            add_user(msg.author.id, u.id, &data).await?;
+            let username = u.username.clone();
+            add_user(msg.author.id, u, &data).await?;
             msg.reply(
                 &ctx,
                 MessageBuilder::new()
                     .push("user has been set to ")
-                    .push_mono_safe(u.username)
+                    .push_mono_safe(username)
                     .build(),
             )
             .await?;
@@ -238,16 +239,16 @@ pub async fn forcesave(ctx: &Context, msg: &Message, mut args: Args) -> CommandR
     let osu = data.get::<OsuClient>().unwrap();
     let target = args.single::<serenity::model::id::UserId>()?;
 
-    let user = args.quoted().trimmed().single::<String>()?;
-    let user: Option<User> = osu.user(UserID::Auto(user), |f| f).await?;
+    let username = args.quoted().trimmed().single::<String>()?;
+    let user: Option<User> = osu.user(UserID::Auto(username.clone()), |f| f).await?;
     match user {
         Some(u) => {
-            add_user(target, u.id, &data).await?;
+            add_user(target, u, &data).await?;
             msg.reply(
                 &ctx,
                 MessageBuilder::new()
                     .push("user has been set to ")
-                    .push_mono_safe(u.username)
+                    .push_mono_safe(username)
                     .build(),
             )
             .await?;
@@ -259,10 +260,15 @@ pub async fn forcesave(ctx: &Context, msg: &Message, mut args: Args) -> CommandR
     Ok(())
 }
 
-async fn add_user(target: serenity::model::id::UserId, user_id: u64, data: &TypeMap) -> Result<()> {
+async fn add_user(
+    target: serenity::model::id::UserId,
+    user: models::User,
+    data: &TypeMap,
+) -> Result<()> {
     let u = OsuUser {
         user_id: target,
-        id: user_id,
+        username: user.username.into(),
+        id: user.id,
         failures: 0,
         last_update: chrono::Utc::now(),
         pp: [None, None, None, None],