diff --git a/src/api/routes/users/#user_id/profile.ts b/src/api/routes/users/#user_id/profile.ts
index 64e09bb68..a29fe748b 100644
--- a/src/api/routes/users/#user_id/profile.ts
+++ b/src/api/routes/users/#user_id/profile.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ router.get("/", route({ responses: { 200: { body: "UserProfileResponse" } } }),
                 name: true,
                 verified: true,
                 metadata_: true,
+                metadata_visibility: true,
                 visibility: true,
             },
         },
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ router.get("/", route({ responses: { 200: { body: "UserProfileResponse" } } }),
 
             if (x.metadata_visibility != 0) {
                 // @ts-expect-error idk
-                x.metadata = x.metadata_;
+                publicUserConnection.metadata = x.metadata_;
             }
 
             publicUserConnections.push(publicUserConnection);