diff --git a/src/blog/providers/Article.tsx b/src/blog/providers/Article.tsx
index 9a676a5..1f7dce5 100644
--- a/src/blog/providers/Article.tsx
+++ b/src/blog/providers/Article.tsx
@@ -10,15 +10,25 @@ export const ArticleProvider: React.FC<{ children: React.ReactNode }> = ({ child
   const [articles, setArticles] = useState<ArticleModel[]>([]);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState<boolean>(true);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const { token } = useAuth();
+  const { token, currentUser } = useAuth();
 
   /** 🔹 Author IDs must be strings for API, so we normalize here */
-  const normalizeArticleForApi = (article: Partial<ArticleModel>) => ({
-    ...article,
-    authors: (article.authors ?? []).map(a =>
-      a._id
-    ),
-  });
+  const normalizeArticleForApi = (article: Partial<ArticleModel>) => {
+    // Extract existing authors as a list of IDs (string[])
+    const existingIds = (article.authors ?? []).map(a =>
+      typeof a === "string" ? a : a._id
+    );
+
+    // Inject currentUser if missing
+    const allAuthorIds = currentUser?._id
+      ? Array.from(new Set([...existingIds, currentUser._id])) // dedupe
+      : existingIds;
+
+    return {
+      ...article,
+      authors: allAuthorIds,
+    };
+  };
 
   /** 🔹 Fetch articles (JWT automatically attached by api.ts interceptor) */
   const fetchArticles = async () => {