diff --git a/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Controller/Recent/TopUploaders.pm b/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Controller/Recent/TopUploaders.pm
index 387221e4c9..62d1e1fb0d 100644
--- a/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Controller/Recent/TopUploaders.pm
+++ b/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Controller/Recent/TopUploaders.pm
@@ -33,13 +33,10 @@ sub topuploaders : Private {
     $c->stash(
         {
             authors => [
-                sort { $b->{releases} <=> $a->{releases} } map {
-                    {
-                        %{ $_->{_source} },
-                            releases =>
-                            $data->{counts}{ $_->{_source}->{pauseid} }
-                    }
-                } @{ $authors->{hits}{hits} }
+                sort { $b->{releases} <=> $a->{releases} }
+                    map +{ %{$_},
+                    releases => $data->{counts}{ $_->{pauseid} } },
+                @{ $authors->{authors} }
             ],
             took     => $data->{took},
             total    => $data->{total},
diff --git a/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Model/API/Author.pm b/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Model/API/Author.pm
index c0675ed283..a0e71604bf 100644
--- a/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Model/API/Author.pm
+++ b/lib/MetaCPAN/Web/Model/API/Author.pm
@@ -32,18 +32,7 @@ sub get {
     return $self->request( '/author/' . uc( $author[0] ) )
         if ( @author == 1 );
 
-    return $self->request(
-        '/author/_search',
-        {
-            query => {
-                constant_score => {
-                    filter => { ids => { values => [ map {uc} @author ] } }
-                }
-            },
-            size => scalar @author,
-        }
-    );
-
+    return $self->request( '/author/by_ids', { id => \@author } );
 }
 
 sub search {