diff --git a/app/controllers/asciicasts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/asciicasts_controller.rb
index 9725e39..d57a0a3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/asciicasts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/asciicasts_controller.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ class AsciicastsController < ApplicationController
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html do
-        @asciicast_author = UserDecorator.new(@asciicast.user)
         @title = @asciicast.title
         respond_with @asciicast
       end
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ class AsciicastsController < ApplicationController
 
   def raw
     @asciicast = AsciicastDecorator.new(@asciicast)
-    @asciicast_author = UserDecorator.new(@asciicast.user)
     render :layout => 'raw'
   end
 
diff --git a/app/decorators/asciicast_decorator.rb b/app/decorators/asciicast_decorator.rb
index a65b136..7d8de7d 100644
--- a/app/decorators/asciicast_decorator.rb
+++ b/app/decorators/asciicast_decorator.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ class AsciicastDecorator < ApplicationDecorator
   THUMBNAIL_HEIGHT = 10
   MAX_DELAY = 5.0
 
+  def user
+    @user ||= UserDecorator.new(asciicast.user)
+  end
+
   def as_json(*args)
     data = model.as_json(*args)
     data['escaped_stdout_data'] = escaped_stdout_data
diff --git a/app/views/asciicasts/_author.html.erb b/app/views/asciicasts/_author.html.erb
index 08d8705..889e942 100644
--- a/app/views/asciicasts/_author.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/asciicasts/_author.html.erb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-<%= @asciicast_author.avatar_profile_link %>
+<%= @asciicast.user.avatar_profile_link %>
 
 <h2>
   <%= @asciicast.author_profile_link %>
 </h2>
 
-<% if @asciicast_author.asciicasts_count -%>
-  <p><%= @asciicast_author.asciicasts_count %> asciicasts</p>
+<% if @asciicast.user.asciicasts_count -%>
+  <p><%= @asciicast.user.asciicasts_count %> asciicasts</p>
 <% end -%>