diff --git a/core/app.js b/core/app.js
index 5b641001..3ac5e7cf 100644
--- a/core/app.js
+++ b/core/app.js
@@ -141,18 +141,12 @@ function socket(request, response, client) {
 					}
 				}
 				response.send(
-					JSON.stringify({
+					JSON.stringify(Object.assign({
 						action: 'session',
 						credentials: credentials,
-						identities: await ssb.getIdentities(credentials?.session?.name),
-						identity: await core.getActiveIdentity(
-							credentials?.session?.name,
-							packageOwner,
-							packageName
-						),
 						parentApp: parentApp,
 						id: blobId,
-					}),
+					}, await core.getIdentityInfo(credentials?.session?.name, packageOwner, packageName))),
 					0x1
 				);
 
diff --git a/core/client.js b/core/client.js
index 4d3dc87f..88e8feba 100644
--- a/core/client.js
+++ b/core/client.js
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ class TfNavigationElement extends LitElement {
 			show_version: {type: Boolean},
 			identity: {type: String},
 			identities: {type: Array},
+			names: {type: Object},
 		};
 	}
 
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ class TfNavigationElement extends LitElement {
 		this.status = {};
 		this.spark_lines = {};
 		this.identities = [];
+		this.names = {};
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -148,16 +150,17 @@ class TfNavigationElement extends LitElement {
 	}
 
 	render_identity() {
+		let self = this;
 		if (this.identities?.length) {
 			return html`
 				<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/static/w3.css" />
 				<select
 					@change=${this.set_active_identity}
 					class="w3-button w3-cyan w3-bar-item w3-right"
-					style="max-width: 100%; text-overflow: ellipsis; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap"
+					style="max-width: 25%; text-overflow: ellipsis; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap"
 				>
 					${this.identities.map(
-						(x) => html`<option ?selected=${x === this.identity}>${x}</option>`
+						(x) => html`<option ?selected=${x === this.identity}>${self.names[x]} - ${x}</option>`
 					)}
 				</select>
 			`;
@@ -1176,6 +1179,7 @@ function _receive_websocket_message(message) {
 		navigation.credentials = message.credentials;
 		navigation.identities = message.identities;
 		navigation.identity = message.identity;
+		navigation.names = message.names;
 	} else if (message && message.action == 'permissions') {
 		let navigation = document.getElementsByTagName('tf-navigation')[0];
 		navigation.permissions = message.permissions ?? {};
@@ -1183,6 +1187,7 @@ function _receive_websocket_message(message) {
 		let navigation = document.getElementsByTagName('tf-navigation')[0];
 		navigation.identities = message.identities;
 		navigation.identity = message.identity;
+		navigation.names = message.names;
 	} else if (message && message.action == 'ready') {
 		setStatusMessage(null);
 		if (window.location.hash) {
diff --git a/core/core.js b/core/core.js
index 57ab7b0e..55065f47 100644
--- a/core/core.js
+++ b/core/core.js
@@ -540,17 +540,13 @@ async function getProcessBlob(blobId, key, options) {
 				},
 			};
 			process.sendIdentities = async function () {
-				process.app.send({
+				process.app.send(Object.assign({
 					action: 'identities',
-					identities: await ssb.getIdentities(
-						process?.credentials?.session?.name
-					),
-					identity: await getActiveIdentity(
-						process?.credentials?.session?.name,
-						options.packageOwner,
-						options.packageName
-					),
-				});
+				}, await getIdentityInfo(
+					process?.credentials?.session?.name,
+					options?.packageOwner,
+					options?.packageName
+				)));
 			};
 			process.setActiveIdentity = async function (identity) {
 				if (
@@ -1558,6 +1554,42 @@ async function getActiveIdentity(user, packageOwner, packageName) {
 	}
 }
 
+async function getIdentityInfo(user, packageOwner, packageName) {
+	let identities = await ssb.getIdentities(
+		user
+	);
+	let names = new Object();
+	for (let identity of identities) {
+		names[identity] = identity;
+	}
+	await ssb.sqlAsync(`
+		SELECT author, name FROM (
+			SELECT
+				messages.author,
+				RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY messages.author ORDER BY messages.sequence DESC) AS author_rank,
+				messages.content ->> 'name' AS name
+			FROM messages
+			JOIN json_each(?) AS ids
+			ON messages.author = ids.value
+			WHERE json_extract(messages.content, '$.type') = 'about' AND content ->> 'about' = messages.author AND name IS NOT NULL)
+		WHERE author_rank = 1
+		`,
+		[JSON.stringify(identities)],
+		function (row) {
+			names[row.author] = row.name;
+		});
+
+	return {
+		identities: identities,
+		identity: await getActiveIdentity(
+			user,
+			packageOwner,
+			packageName
+		),
+		names: names,
+	};
+}
+
 export {
 	gGlobalSettings as globalSettings,
 	setGlobalSettings,
@@ -1565,4 +1597,5 @@ export {
 	invoke,
 	getSessionProcessBlob,
 	getActiveIdentity,
+	getIdentityInfo,
 };