diff --git a/internal/cmd_channel_watch.go b/internal/cmd_channel_watch.go
index dcbe194..9982b80 100644
--- a/internal/cmd_channel_watch.go
+++ b/internal/cmd_channel_watch.go
@@ -53,7 +53,17 @@ func channelWatchCmd(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 			channel, err := client.ChannelInfoByID(ctx, ch.UUID)
 			if err != nil {
-				logger.Error("failed to get channel info", zap.Error(err), zap.Int64("uuid", ch.UUID))
+				logger.Error("get channel by id failed", zap.Int64("id", ch.UUID), zap.String("title", ch.Title))
+				if ch.Username != "" {
+					channel, err = client.ChannelInfoByAlias(ctx, ch.Username)
+					if err != nil {
+						logger.Error("get channel by username failed", zap.String("username", ch.Username), zap.String("title", ch.Title))
+						return err
+					}
+					logger.Info("channel info", zap.Int64("id", channel.ID), zap.String("title", channel.Title))
+				} else {
+					return err
+				}
 			}
 
 			if channel.GetID() == 0 {