diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.java
index d3617defa..77e8b4306 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: Client.java,v 1.14 2001/10/02 02:05:50 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: Client.java,v 1.15 2001/10/03 03:42:31 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.cocktail.cher.client;
 
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ public class Client
         // extract bootstrap information
         _cloid = data.clientOid;
 
-        // create our invocation director
-        _invdir = new InvocationDirector(this, data.invOid);
+        // initialize our invocation director
+        _invdir.init(this, data.invOid);
 
         // we can't quite call initialization completed at this point
         // because we need for the invocation director to fully initialize
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ public class Client
     protected Communicator _comm;
 
     protected int _cloid;
-    protected InvocationDirector _invdir;
+    protected InvocationDirector _invdir = new InvocationDirector();
 
     // client observer codes
     static final int CLIENT_DID_LOGON = 0;
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/InvocationDirector.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/InvocationDirector.java
index 8bbc05525..c564af5b1 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/InvocationDirector.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/InvocationDirector.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: InvocationDirector.java,v 1.10 2001/10/02 02:05:50 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: InvocationDirector.java,v 1.11 2001/10/03 03:42:31 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.cocktail.cher.client;
 
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ public class InvocationDirector
     implements Subscriber
 {
     /**
-     * Constructs a new invocation director with the specified invocation
+     * Initializes the invocation director with the specified invocation
      * manager oid. It will obtain its distributed object manager and
      * client object references from the supplied client instance. The
      * invocation manager oid is the oid of the object on the server to
      * which to deliver invocation requests.
      */
-    public InvocationDirector (Client client, int imoid)
+    public void init (Client client, int imoid)
     {
         _client = client;
         _omgr = client.getDObjectManager();