diff --git a/posthog/hogql/database/database.py b/posthog/hogql/database/database.py
index 18dee90dd1928..f0367da08ff9b 100644
--- a/posthog/hogql/database/database.py
+++ b/posthog/hogql/database/database.py
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ def create_hogql_database(team_id: int, modifiers: Optional[HogQLQueryModifiers]
             name="person_id",
             expr=parse_expr("ifNull(override.override_person_id, event_person_id)", start=None),
         )
+        database.events.fields["poe"].fields["id"] = database.events.fields["person_id"]
         database.events.fields["person"] = FieldTraverser(chain=["poe"])
 
     for mapping in GroupTypeMapping.objects.filter(team=team):
diff --git a/posthog/hogql/resolver.py b/posthog/hogql/resolver.py
index 8fa6606732bb3..0f254a1ed39b8 100644
--- a/posthog/hogql/resolver.py
+++ b/posthog/hogql/resolver.py
@@ -461,7 +461,6 @@ def visit_field(self, node: ast.Field):
         node.type = loop_type
 
         if isinstance(node.type, ast.ExpressionFieldType):
-            # TODO: make sure new_expr is of type node.type.return_type
             new_expr = clone_expr(node.type.expr)
             new_node = ast.Alias(alias=node.type.name, expr=new_expr, hidden=True)
             new_node = self.visit(new_node)
diff --git a/posthog/hogql/test/test_modifiers.py b/posthog/hogql/test/test_modifiers.py
index 028f9dd455216..744ad4f063fdb 100644
--- a/posthog/hogql/test/test_modifiers.py
+++ b/posthog/hogql/test/test_modifiers.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def test_modifiers_persons_on_events_mode_mapping(self):
             (
                 PersonsOnEventsMode.v2_enabled,
                 "events.event",
-                "events.person_id",
+                "ifNull(events__override.override_person_id, events.person_id) AS id",
                 "events.person_properties",
                 "toTimeZone(events.person_created_at, %(hogql_val_0)s) AS created_at",
             ),