1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/GenresController.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/GenresController.cs
index 711fb4aef..eb03b514c 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/GenresController.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/GenresController.cs
@@ -90,11 +90,12 @@ public class GenresController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] bool? enableImages = true,
         [FromQuery] bool enableTotalRecordCount = true)
     {
+        userId = RequestHelpers.GetUserId(User, userId);
         var dtoOptions = new DtoOptions { Fields = fields }
             .AddClientFields(User)
             .AddAdditionalDtoOptions(enableImages, false, imageTypeLimit, enableImageTypes);
 
-        User? user = userId is null || userId.Value.Equals(default)
+        User? user = userId.Value.Equals(default)
             ? null
             : _userManager.GetUserById(userId.Value);
 
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ public class GenresController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status200OK)]
     public ActionResult<BaseItemDto> GetGenre([FromRoute, Required] string genreName, [FromQuery] Guid? userId)
     {
+        userId = RequestHelpers.GetUserId(User, userId);
         var dtoOptions = new DtoOptions()
             .AddClientFields(User);
 
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ public class GenresController : BaseJellyfinApiController
 
         item ??= new Genre();
 
-        if (userId is null || userId.Value.Equals(default))
+        if (userId.Value.Equals(default))
         {
             return _dtoService.GetBaseItemDto(item, dtoOptions);
         }