diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/WhirledClient.java b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/WhirledClient.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90af544c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/WhirledClient.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+//
+// $Id: WhirledClient.java,v 1.1 2001/12/03 22:07:31 mdb Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.whirled.server;
+
+import com.threerings.crowd.server.CrowdClient;
+
+/**
+ * The client object used by client management on the Whirled server.
+ */
+public class WhirledClient extends CrowdClient
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/WhirledServer.java b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/WhirledServer.java
index f2c82c3f8..d50a0303b 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/WhirledServer.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/WhirledServer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: WhirledServer.java,v 1.9 2001/11/12 20:56:56 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: WhirledServer.java,v 1.10 2001/12/03 22:07:31 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.whirled.server;
 
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ public class WhirledServer extends CrowdServer
         // bind the whirled server config into the namespace
         config.bindProperties(CONFIG_KEY, CONFIG_PATH, true);
 
+        // configure the client to use our whirled client
+        clmgr.setClientClass(WhirledClient.class);
+
         // create and start up our invoker
         invoker = new Invoker();
         invoker.start();