diff --git a/Classes/Controller/RecyclerAjaxController.php b/Classes/Controller/RecyclerAjaxController.php
index 4ff19b3..037f41d 100644
--- a/Classes/Controller/RecyclerAjaxController.php
+++ b/Classes/Controller/RecyclerAjaxController.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\History\RecordHistory;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Utility\BackendUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\View\BackendViewFactory;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Authentication\BackendUserAuthentication;
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ protected function transform(array $deletedRowsArray): array
         $groupedRecords = [];
         $lang = $this->getLanguageService();
 
+        $recordHistory = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(RecordHistory::class);
         foreach ($deletedRowsArray as $table => $rows) {
             $groupedRecords[$table]['information'] = [
                 'table' => $table,
@@ -167,7 +169,9 @@ protected function transform(array $deletedRowsArray): array
             ];
             foreach ($rows as $row) {
                 $pageTitle = $this->getPageTitle((int)$row['pid']);
-                $backendUserName = $this->getBackendUserInformation((int)$row[$GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['ctrl']['cruser_id']]);
+                $ownerInformation = $recordHistory->getCreationInformationForRecord($table, $row);
+                $ownerUid = (int)(is_array($ownerInformation) && $ownerInformation['actiontype'] === 'BE' ? $ownerInformation['userid'] : 0);
+                $backendUserName = $this->getBackendUserInformation($ownerUid);
                 $userIdWhoDeleted = $this->getUserWhoDeleted($table, (int)$row['uid']);
 
                 $groupedRecords[$table]['records'][] = [
@@ -178,7 +182,7 @@ protected function transform(array $deletedRowsArray): array
                     'crdate' => BackendUtility::datetime($row[$GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['ctrl']['crdate']]),
                     'tstamp' => BackendUtility::datetime($row[$GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['ctrl']['tstamp']]),
                     'owner' => $backendUserName,
-                    'owner_uid' => $row[$GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['ctrl']['cruser_id']],
+                    'owner_uid' => $ownerUid,
                     'title' => BackendUtility::getRecordTitle($table, $row),
                     'path' => $this->getRecordPath((int)$row['pid']),
                     'delete_user_uid' => $userIdWhoDeleted,
@@ -237,6 +241,7 @@ protected function getBackendUserInformation(int $userId): string
 
     /**
      * Get the user uid of the user who deleted the record
+     * @todo: move this to RecordHistory class
      */
     protected function getUserWhoDeleted(string $table, int $uid): int
     {
diff --git a/Tests/Functional/Fixtures/Database/be_groups.csv b/Tests/Functional/Fixtures/Database/be_groups.csv
index 713d486..99150d7 100644
--- a/Tests/Functional/Fixtures/Database/be_groups.csv
+++ b/Tests/Functional/Fixtures/Database/be_groups.csv
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-be_groups,,,,,,,
-,uid,pid,tstamp,title,tables_modify,crdate,cruser_id
-,1,0,1452959228,editor-group,pages,1452959228,1
+be_groups,,,,,,
+,uid,pid,tstamp,title,tables_modify,crdate
+,1,0,1452959228,editor-group,pages,1452959228
diff --git a/Tests/Functional/Fixtures/Database/be_users.csv b/Tests/Functional/Fixtures/Database/be_users.csv
index 99f58b9..034252e 100644
--- a/Tests/Functional/Fixtures/Database/be_users.csv
+++ b/Tests/Functional/Fixtures/Database/be_users.csv
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 "be_users"
-,"uid","pid","tstamp","username","password","admin","disable","starttime","endtime","options","crdate","cruser_id","workspace_perms","deleted","lastlogin","workspace_id","db_mountpoints","usergroup"
-,1,0,1366642540,"admin","$1$tCrlLajZ$C0sikFQQ3SWaFAZ1Me0Z/1",1,0,0,0,0,1366642540,0,1,0,1371033743,0,"",""
-,2,0,1452944912,"editor","$1$tCrlLajZ$C0sikFQQ3SWaFAZ1Me0Z/1",0,0,0,0,0,1452944912,1,1,0,1452944915,0,"1","1"
+,"uid","pid","tstamp","username","password","admin","disable","starttime","endtime","options","crdate","workspace_perms","deleted","lastlogin","workspace_id","db_mountpoints","usergroup"
+,1,0,1366642540,"admin","$1$tCrlLajZ$C0sikFQQ3SWaFAZ1Me0Z/1",1,0,0,0,0,1366642540,1,0,1371033743,0,"",""
+,2,0,1452944912,"editor","$1$tCrlLajZ$C0sikFQQ3SWaFAZ1Me0Z/1",0,0,0,0,0,1452944912,1,0,1452944915,0,"1","1"