diff --git a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/DocumentUpdaterManager.coffee b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/DocumentUpdaterManager.coffee
index 6dea2b3f14..edc2f11c68 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/DocumentUpdaterManager.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/DocumentUpdaterManager.coffee
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ module.exports = DocumentUpdaterManager =
 				logger.error err: error, project_id:project_id, doc_id:doc_id, url: url, "error accessing doc updater"
 				callback error
 
-	setDocument: (project_id, doc_id, content, callback = (error) ->) ->
+	setDocument: (project_id, doc_id, content, user_id, callback = (error) ->) ->
 		url = "#{Settings.apis.documentupdater.url}/project/#{project_id}/doc/#{doc_id}"
 		logger.log project_id:project_id, doc_id: doc_id, "setting doc in document updater"
 		request.post {
 			url: url
 			json:
 				lines: content.split("\n")
+				source: "restore"
+				user_id: user_id
 		}, (error, res, body)->
 			if error?
 				return callback(error)
diff --git a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/HttpController.coffee b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/HttpController.coffee
index f3878ab7cd..70b6ca2557 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/HttpController.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/HttpController.coffee
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ module.exports = HttpController =
 
 	restore: (req, res, next = (error) ->) ->
 		{doc_id, project_id, version} = req.params
+		user_id = req.headers["x-user-id"]
 		version = parseInt(version, 10)
-		RestoreManager.restoreToBeforeVersion project_id, doc_id, version, (error) ->
+		RestoreManager.restoreToBeforeVersion project_id, doc_id, version, user_id, (error) ->
 			return next(error) if error?
 			res.send 204
diff --git a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/RestoreManager.coffee b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/RestoreManager.coffee
index 6c5ccef6fb..cfabca2fb7 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/RestoreManager.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/RestoreManager.coffee
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ DiffManager = require "./DiffManager"
 logger = require "logger-sharelatex"
 
 module.exports = RestoreManager =
-	restoreToBeforeVersion: (project_id, doc_id, version, callback = (error) ->) ->
-		logger.log project_id: project_id, doc_id: doc_id, version: version, "restoring document"
+	restoreToBeforeVersion: (project_id, doc_id, version, user_id, callback = (error) ->) ->
+		logger.log project_id: project_id, doc_id: doc_id, version: version, user_id: user_id, "restoring document"
 		DiffManager.getDocumentBeforeVersion project_id, doc_id, version, (error, content) ->
 			return callback(error) if error?
-			DocumentUpdaterManager.setDocument project_id, doc_id, content, (error) ->
+			DocumentUpdaterManager.setDocument project_id, doc_id, content, user_id, (error) ->
 				return callback(error) if error?
 				callback()
diff --git a/services/track-changes/test/acceptance/coffee/RestoringVersions.coffee b/services/track-changes/test/acceptance/coffee/RestoringVersions.coffee
index 21666bab3d..03f4c8b8f7 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/test/acceptance/coffee/RestoringVersions.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/test/acceptance/coffee/RestoringVersions.coffee
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe "Restoring a version", ->
 
 		TrackChangesClient.pushRawUpdates @doc_id, @updates, (error) =>
 			throw error if error?
-			TrackChangesClient.restoreDoc @project_id, @doc_id, @beforeVersion, (error) =>
+			TrackChangesClient.restoreDoc @project_id, @doc_id, @beforeVersion, @user_id, (error) =>
 				throw error if error?
 				done()
 
@@ -63,5 +63,5 @@ describe "Restoring a version", ->
 
 	it "should set the doc in the doc updater", ->
 		MockDocUpdaterApi.setDoc
-			.calledWith(@project_id, @doc_id, @restored_lines)
+			.calledWith(@project_id, @doc_id, @restored_lines, @user_id)
 			.should.equal true
diff --git a/services/track-changes/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/MockDocUpdaterApi.coffee b/services/track-changes/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/MockDocUpdaterApi.coffee
index fcddace406..97b4d93772 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/MockDocUpdaterApi.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/MockDocUpdaterApi.coffee
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module.exports = MockDocUpdaterApi =
 	getDoc: (project_id, doc_id, callback = (error) ->) ->
 		callback null, @docs[doc_id]
 
-	setDoc: (project_id, doc_id, lines, callback = (error) ->) ->
+	setDoc: (project_id, doc_id, lines, user_id, callback = (error) ->) ->
 		@docs[doc_id] ||= {}
 		@docs[doc_id].lines = lines
 		callback()
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module.exports = MockDocUpdaterApi =
 					res.send JSON.stringify doc
 
 		app.post "/project/:project_id/doc/:doc_id", express.bodyParser(), (req, res, next) =>
-			@setDoc req.params.project_id, req.params.doc_id, req.body.lines, (errr, doc) ->
+			@setDoc req.params.project_id, req.params.doc_id, req.body.lines, req.body.user_id, (errr, doc) ->
 				if error?
 					res.send 500
 				else
diff --git a/services/track-changes/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/TrackChangesClient.coffee b/services/track-changes/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/TrackChangesClient.coffee
index ab85b67171..6c65941570 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/TrackChangesClient.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/TrackChangesClient.coffee
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ module.exports = TrackChangesClient =
 			response.statusCode.should.equal 200
 			callback null, JSON.parse(body)
 
-	restoreDoc: (project_id, doc_id, version, callback = (error) ->) ->
+	restoreDoc: (project_id, doc_id, version, user_id, callback = (error) ->) ->
 		request.post {
 			url: "http://localhost:3015/project/#{project_id}/doc/#{doc_id}/version/#{version}/restore"
+			headers:
+				"X-User-Id": user_id
 		}, (error, response, body) =>
 			response.statusCode.should.equal 204
 			callback null
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/DocumentUpdaterManager/DocumentUpdaterManagerTests.coffee b/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/DocumentUpdaterManager/DocumentUpdaterManagerTests.coffee
index 25c61f6279..8c460f4757 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/DocumentUpdaterManager/DocumentUpdaterManagerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/DocumentUpdaterManager/DocumentUpdaterManagerTests.coffee
@@ -54,11 +54,12 @@ describe "DocumentUpdaterManager", ->
 	describe "setDocument", ->
 		beforeEach ->
 			@content = "mock content"
+			@user_id = "user-id-123"
 
 		describe "successfully", ->
 			beforeEach ->
 				@request.post = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(1, null, {statusCode: 200})
-				@DocumentUpdaterManager.setDocument @project_id, @doc_id, @content, @callback
+				@DocumentUpdaterManager.setDocument @project_id, @doc_id, @content, @user_id, @callback
 
 			it 'should set the document in the document updater', ->
 				url = "#{@settings.apis.documentupdater.url}/project/#{@project_id}/doc/#{@doc_id}"
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ describe "DocumentUpdaterManager", ->
 						url: url
 						json:
 							lines: @content.split("\n")
+							source: "restore"
+							user_id: @user_id
 					}).should.equal true
 
 			it "should call the callback", ->
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ describe "DocumentUpdaterManager", ->
 		describe "when the document updater API returns an error", ->
 			beforeEach ->
 				@request.post = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(1, @error = new Error("something went wrong"), null, null)
-				@DocumentUpdaterManager.setDocument @project_id, @doc_id, @content, @callback
+				@DocumentUpdaterManager.setDocument @project_id, @doc_id, @content, @user_id, @callback
 
 			it "should return an error to the callback", ->
 				@callback.calledWith(@error).should.equal true
@@ -83,7 +86,7 @@ describe "DocumentUpdaterManager", ->
 		describe "when the document updater returns a failure error code", ->
 			beforeEach ->
 				@request.post = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(1, null, { statusCode: 500 }, "")
-				@DocumentUpdaterManager.setDocument @project_id, @doc_id, @content, @callback
+				@DocumentUpdaterManager.setDocument @project_id, @doc_id, @content, @user_id, @callback
 
 			it "should return the callback with an error", ->
 				@callback
diff --git a/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/HttpController/HttpControllerTests.coffee b/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/HttpController/HttpControllerTests.coffee
index 791bbd1d04..da84db026f 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/HttpController/HttpControllerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/HttpController/HttpControllerTests.coffee
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ describe "HttpController", ->
 		@doc_id = "doc-id-123"
 		@project_id = "project-id-123"
 		@next = sinon.stub()
+		@user_id = "mock-user-123"
 
 	describe "flushUpdatesWithLock", ->
 		beforeEach ->
@@ -102,15 +103,17 @@ describe "HttpController", ->
 					doc_id: @doc_id
 					project_id: @project_id
 					version: @version
+				headers:
+					"x-user-id": @user_id
 			@res =
 				send: sinon.stub()
 
-			@RestoreManager.restoreToBeforeVersion = sinon.stub().callsArg(3)
+			@RestoreManager.restoreToBeforeVersion = sinon.stub().callsArg(4)
 			@HttpController.restore @req, @res, @next
 
 		it "should restore the document", ->
 			@RestoreManager.restoreToBeforeVersion
-				.calledWith(@project_id, @doc_id, parseInt(@version, 10))
+				.calledWith(@project_id, @doc_id, parseInt(@version, 10), @user_id)
 				.should.equal true
 
 		it "should return a success code", ->
diff --git a/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/RestoreManager/RestoreManagerTests.coffee b/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/RestoreManager/RestoreManagerTests.coffee
index 36088d4405..11941dab91 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/RestoreManager/RestoreManagerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/RestoreManager/RestoreManagerTests.coffee
@@ -14,14 +14,15 @@ describe "RestoreManager", ->
 		@callback = sinon.stub()
 		@project_id = "mock-project-id"
 		@doc_id = "mock-doc-id"
+		@user_id = "mock-user-id"
 		@version = 42
 
 	describe "restoreToBeforeVersion", ->
 		beforeEach ->
 			@content = "mock content"
-			@DocumentUpdaterManager.setDocument = sinon.stub().callsArg(3)
+			@DocumentUpdaterManager.setDocument = sinon.stub().callsArg(4)
 			@DiffManager.getDocumentBeforeVersion = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(3, null, @content)
-			@RestoreManager.restoreToBeforeVersion @project_id, @doc_id, @version, @callback
+			@RestoreManager.restoreToBeforeVersion @project_id, @doc_id, @version, @user_id, @callback
 
 		it "should get the content before the requested version", ->
 			@DiffManager.getDocumentBeforeVersion
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ describe "RestoreManager", ->
 
 		it "should set the document in the document updater", ->
 			@DocumentUpdaterManager.setDocument
-				.calledWith(@project_id, @doc_id, @content)
+				.calledWith(@project_id, @doc_id, @content, @user_id)
 				.should.equal true
 
 		it "should call the callback", ->