diff --git a/schema.graphql b/schema.graphql
index a8d83b3..3c500b2 100644
--- a/schema.graphql
+++ b/schema.graphql
@@ -807,6 +807,7 @@ type DistributionPeriod @entity {
 
 type Proposal @entity {
   id: Bytes! # proposal id converted to Bytes from uint
+  proposalId: BigInt! # proposal id stored in original uint format
   description: String! # proposal description hashed as part of proposalId
   distribution: DistributionPeriod # distributionPeriod in which the proposal was submitted if Standard, null otherwise
   executed: Boolean! # bool
diff --git a/src/grant-fund.ts b/src/grant-fund.ts
index c436d7b..7d72d9f 100644
--- a/src/grant-fund.ts
+++ b/src/grant-fund.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export function handleFundedSlateUpdated(event: FundedSlateUpdatedEvent): void {
 
   for (let i = 0; i < proposalsInSlate.length; i++) {
     const proposalId = proposalsInSlate[i]
-    const proposal = loadOrCreateProposal(bigIntToBytes(proposalId))
+    const proposal = loadOrCreateProposal(proposalId)
 
     totalTokensRequested = totalTokensRequested.plus(proposal.totalTokensRequested)
     totalFundingVotesReceived = totalFundingVotesReceived.plus(proposal.fundingVotesReceived)
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export function handleProposalCreated(event: ProposalCreatedEvent): void {
 
   // create Proposal entity
   const proposalId = bigIntToBytes(event.params.proposalId)
-  const proposal = loadOrCreateProposal(proposalId)
+  const proposal = loadOrCreateProposal(event.params.proposalId)
   proposal.description  = event.params.description
 
   let totalTokensRequested = ZERO_BI
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ export function handleProposalExecuted(event: ProposalExecutedEvent): void {
   proposalExecuted.transactionHash = event.transaction.hash
 
   // update proposal entity
-  const proposal = loadOrCreateProposal(bigIntToBytes(event.params.proposalId))
+  const proposal = loadOrCreateProposal(event.params.proposalId)
   proposal.executed = true
 
   const distributionPeriod = DistributionPeriod.load(proposal.distribution!)!
diff --git a/src/utils/grants/proposal.ts b/src/utils/grants/proposal.ts
index 0dbdbcd..a739ecd 100644
--- a/src/utils/grants/proposal.ts
+++ b/src/utils/grants/proposal.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Proposal, ProposalParams } from "../../../generated/schema"
 import { GrantFund } from "../../../generated/GrantFund/GrantFund"
 
 import { ZERO_ADDRESS, ONE_BI, ZERO_BD, ZERO_BI } from "../constants"
-import { bytesToBigInt } from "../convert"
+import { bigIntToBytes, bytesToBigInt } from "../convert"
 
 export function getProposalParamsId(proposalId: Bytes, paramIndex: number): Bytes {
     return proposalId
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ export function getProposalParamsId(proposalId: Bytes, paramIndex: number): Byte
         .concat(Bytes.fromUTF8(paramIndex.toString()))
 }
 
-export function loadOrCreateProposal(proposalId: Bytes): Proposal {
-    let proposal = Proposal.load(proposalId)
+export function loadOrCreateProposal(proposalId: BigInt): Proposal {
+    const proposalIdBytes = bigIntToBytes(proposalId)
+    let proposal = Proposal.load(proposalIdBytes)
     if (proposal == null) {
         // create new proposal if one hasn't already been stored
-        proposal = new Proposal(proposalId) as Proposal
+        proposal = new Proposal(proposalIdBytes) as Proposal
+        proposal.proposalId = proposalId
         proposal.description  = ""
         proposal.distribution = Bytes.empty()
         proposal.executed     = false
diff --git a/tests/grant-fund.test.ts b/tests/grant-fund.test.ts
index 78a0da2..55b9d91 100644
--- a/tests/grant-fund.test.ts
+++ b/tests/grant-fund.test.ts
@@ -252,6 +252,13 @@ describe("Grant Fund assertions", () => {
 
     const expectedDistributionId = bigIntToBytes(distributionId).toHexString();
 
+    assert.fieldEquals(
+      "Proposal",
+      `${bigIntToBytes(proposalId).toHexString()}`,
+      "proposalId",
+      `${proposalId}`
+    );
+
     assert.fieldEquals(
       "Proposal",
       `${bigIntToBytes(proposalId).toHexString()}`,