diff --git a/src/renderer/component/publishForm/view.jsx b/src/renderer/component/publishForm/view.jsx
index ff3850a2c..e93ebb95d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/publishForm/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/publishForm/view.jsx
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ type Props = {
     currency: string,
   },
   channel: string,
+  channelId: ?string,
+  myChannels: Array<{ name: string }>,
   name: ?string,
   tosAccepted: boolean,
   updatePublishForm: UpdatePublishFormData => void,
@@ -137,13 +139,14 @@ class PublishForm extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
   }
 
   handleChannelChange(channelName: string) {
-    const { name, updatePublishForm } = this.props;
+    const { name, updatePublishForm, myChannels } = this.props;
+    const form = { channel: channelName };
+    const namedChannelClaim = myChannels.find(channel => channel.name === channelName);
+    form.channelId = namedChannelClaim ? namedChannelClaim.claim_id : '';
     if (name) {
-      const uri = this.getNewUri(name, channelName);
-      updatePublishForm({ channel: channelName, uri });
-    } else {
-      updatePublishForm({ channel: channelName });
+      form.uri = this.getNewUri(name, channelName);
     }
+    updatePublishForm(form);
   }
 
   handleBidChange(bid: number) {
@@ -183,7 +186,7 @@ class PublishForm extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
       description,
       language,
       nsfw,
-      channel,
+      channelId,
       licenseType,
       licenseUrl,
       otherLicenseDescription,
@@ -217,7 +220,7 @@ class PublishForm extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
       description,
       language,
       nsfw,
-      channel,
+      channelId,
       license: publishingLicense,
       licenseUrl: publishingLicenseUrl,
       otherLicenseDescription,
diff --git a/src/renderer/page/publish/index.js b/src/renderer/page/publish/index.js
index 864ab0df5..78950abe7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/page/publish/index.js
+++ b/src/renderer/page/publish/index.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const select = (state, props) => {
 
   const claimsByUri = selectClaimsByUri(state);
   const myClaims = selectMyClaims(state);
+  const myChannels = selectMyChannelClaims(state);
 
   const claimForUri = claimsByUri[uri];
   let winningBidForClaimUri;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ const select = (state, props) => {
     claimForUri,
     winningBidForClaimUri,
     myClaimForUri,
+    myChannels,
     costInfo: makeSelectCostInfoForUri(props.uri)(state),
     balance: selectBalance(state),
   };
diff --git a/src/renderer/redux/actions/publish.js b/src/renderer/redux/actions/publish.js
index 2981299fc..270f156b4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/redux/actions/publish.js
+++ b/src/renderer/redux/actions/publish.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import type {
   UpdatePublishFormAction,
   PublishParams,
 } from 'redux/reducers/publish';
-import { CHANNEL_NEW, CHANNEL_ANONYMOUS } from 'constants/claim';
 
 type Action = UpdatePublishFormAction | { type: ACTIONS.CLEAR_PUBLISH };
 type PromiseAction = Promise<Action>;
@@ -86,6 +85,7 @@ export const doPublish = (params: PublishParams) => (dispatch: Dispatch, getStat
     thumbnail,
     nsfw,
     channel,
+    channelId,
     title,
     contentIsFree,
     price,
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ export const doPublish = (params: PublishParams) => (dispatch: Dispatch, getStat
     }
   }
 
-  const channelName = channel === CHANNEL_ANONYMOUS || channel === CHANNEL_NEW ? '' : channel;
   const fee = contentIsFree || !price.amount ? undefined : { ...price };
 
   const metadata = {
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ export const doPublish = (params: PublishParams) => (dispatch: Dispatch, getStat
 
   const publishPayload = {
     name,
-    channel_name: channelName,
+    channel_id: channelId,
     bid,
     metadata,
   };
diff --git a/src/renderer/redux/reducers/publish.js b/src/renderer/redux/reducers/publish.js
index d20505598..048ca4ac5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/redux/reducers/publish.js
+++ b/src/renderer/redux/reducers/publish.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ type PublishState = {
   language: string,
   tosAccepted: boolean,
   channel: string,
+  channelId: ?string,
   name: string,
   nameError: ?string,
   bid: number,
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ export type UpdatePublishFormData = {
   language?: string,
   tosAccepted?: boolean,
   channel?: string,
+  channelId?: string,
   name?: string,
   nameError?: string,
   bid?: number,
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ export type PublishParams = {
   thumbnail: ?string,
   nsfw: boolean,
   channel: string,
+  channelId: string,
   title: string,
   contentIsFree: boolean,
   uri: string,
@@ -97,6 +100,7 @@ const defaultState: PublishState = {
   language: 'en',
   nsfw: false,
   channel: CHANNEL_ANONYMOUS,
+  channelId: '',
   tosAccepted: false,
   name: '',
   nameError: undefined,