diff --git a/bridges/ArsTechnicaBridge.php b/bridges/ArsTechnicaBridge.php
index 41dab752..97701f4f 100644
--- a/bridges/ArsTechnicaBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/ArsTechnicaBridge.php
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ class ArsTechnicaBridge extends FeedExpander
         $parsely = $item_html->find('[name="parsely-page"]', 0);
         $parsely_json = json_decode(html_entity_decode($parsely->content), true);
         $item['categories'] = $parsely_json['tags'];
-        $item['uid'] = $parsely_json['post_id'];
 
         // Some lightboxes are nested in figures. I'd guess that's a
         // bug in the website
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ class ArsTechnicaBridge extends FeedExpander
         }
 
         $item['content'] = backgroundToImg($item['content']);
-
+        $item['uid'] = strval($parsely_json['post_id']);
         return $item;
     }
 }