diff --git a/src/backend/common/database/drizzle/repositories/PlayRepository.ts b/src/backend/common/database/drizzle/repositories/PlayRepository.ts
index 3098576d..e901d5f3 100644
--- a/src/backend/common/database/drizzle/repositories/PlayRepository.ts
+++ b/src/backend/common/database/drizzle/repositories/PlayRepository.ts
@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ export const playToRepositoryCreatePlayOpts = (data: MarkOptional<RepositoryCrea
             },
             ...playRest
         },
+        platformId,
         ...rest
     } = data;
 
@@ -804,7 +805,7 @@ export const playToRepositoryCreatePlayOpts = (data: MarkOptional<RepositoryCrea
             play: original,
             data: input
         },
-        platformId: genGroupIdStrFromPlay(data.play)
+        platformId: platformId ?? genGroupIdStrFromPlay(data.play)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/backend/sources/AbstractSource.ts b/src/backend/sources/AbstractSource.ts
index 2ca904ee..b080d0c2 100644
--- a/src/backend/sources/AbstractSource.ts
+++ b/src/backend/sources/AbstractSource.ts
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ export default abstract class AbstractSource extends AbstractComponent implement
 
     protected addPlayToDiscovered = async (play: PlayObject): Promise<PlayObject> => {
         const platformId = this.multiPlatform ? genGroupId(play) : SINGLE_USER_PLATFORM_ID;
-        const playRow = await this.playRepo.createPlays([(playToRepositoryCreatePlayOpts({play, state: 'discovered'}))]);
+        const playRow = await this.playRepo.createPlays([(playToRepositoryCreatePlayOpts({play, state: 'discovered', platformId: genGroupIdStr(platformId)}))]);
         const recentPlays = await this.getRecentlyDiscoveredPlaysByPlatform(platformId, false);
         // only need to update if its already in memory,
         // and better to update in-memory than clear cache so we aren't refetching from db on every discover