diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/models/newsletter.js b/ghost/admin/app/models/newsletter.js
index fedb47ef6c..1777e589e2 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/models/newsletter.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/models/newsletter.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export default class Newsletter extends Model.extend(ValidationEngine) {
      * The filter that we should use to filter out members that are subscribed to this newsletter
      */
     get recipientFilter() {
-        const idFilter = 'newsletters.id:' + this.id;
+        const idFilter = 'newsletters.slug:' + this.slug;
         if (this.visibility === 'paid') {
             return idFilter + '+status:-free';
         }
diff --git a/ghost/admin/tests/acceptance/editor-test.js b/ghost/admin/tests/acceptance/editor-test.js
index 394db334a5..60f4a86d0c 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/tests/acceptance/editor-test.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/tests/acceptance/editor-test.js
@@ -878,8 +878,7 @@ describe('Acceptance: Editor', function () {
             // Enable stripe to also show paid members breakdown
             enableStripe(this.server);
 
-            // Note: we need to set the ID of a newsletter to some string value because of how NQL filters work.
-            const newsletter = this.server.create('newsletter', {status: 'active', name: 'test newsletter', id: 'test-newsletter'});
+            const newsletter = this.server.create('newsletter', {status: 'active', name: 'test newsletter', slug: 'test-newsletter'});
             this.server.createList('member', 4, {status: 'free', newsletters: [newsletter]});
             this.server.createList('member', 2, {status: 'paid', newsletters: [newsletter]});