diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/peer/server/CrowdPeerManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/peer/server/CrowdPeerManager.java
index 76ad194c0..4b8f1a280 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/peer/server/CrowdPeerManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/peer/server/CrowdPeerManager.java
@@ -184,6 +184,19 @@ public class CrowdPeerManager extends PeerManager
         }
     }
 
+    @Override // from PeerManager
+    protected void connectedToPeer (PeerNode peer)
+    {
+        super.connectedToPeer(peer);
+
+        for (ClientInfo clinfo : peer.nodeobj.clients) {
+            if (clinfo instanceof CrowdClientInfo) {
+                CrowdClientInfo ccinfo = (CrowdClientInfo)clinfo;
+                _viztoauth.put(ccinfo.visibleName, ccinfo.username);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /** A mapping of visible name to username for all clients on all *remote* nodes. */
     protected Map<Name, Name> _viztoauth = Maps.newHashMap();