diff --git a/soulseek-rs/src/api.rs b/soulseek-rs/src/api.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..585375a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/soulseek-rs/src/api.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
+//! The seam between "what this program does" and "where the session lives".
+//!
+//! Commands and the TUI hold an `Arc<dyn SessionApi>` rather than an
+//! `Arc<Client>`. Locally that *is* the client — the trait is implemented on
+//! `Client` itself, so an `Arc<Client>` coerces straight to the trait object
+//! and the local path keeps calling the same methods it always did. In daemon
+//! mode the same handle is a [`crate::remote::RemoteSession`] that answers over
+//! a socket.
+//!
+//! The signatures deliberately mirror `Client`'s, because every one of them is
+//! already load-bearing somewhere in the UI or the command layer. The one
+//! change is [`SessionApi::username`], which returns an owned `String`: a
+//! remote session has no borrowed client to hand a `&str` out of.
+
+use soulseek_rs::types::{Download, DownloadMetadata};
+use soulseek_rs::{
+    Client, DownloadStatus, Result, RoomEvent, SearchResult, SessionLoss,
+    SharedDirectory, UploadInfo, UserInfo, UserMessage,
+};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
+use std::sync::mpsc::Receiver;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+/// Everything the command layer and the TUI ask of a logged-in session.
+///
+/// Two rules keep the remote implementation honest:
+///
+/// * Non-destructive getters (`uploads`, `room_members`, `user_info`, …) are
+///   plain request/response — a caller may poll them as often as it likes.
+/// * The `take_*` drains are destructive, so with more than one client
+///   attached they cannot be served by asking the daemon to drain on demand:
+///   whoever asked first would steal the events. The daemon drains once and
+///   fans the events out, and a remote session's `take_*` empties its own
+///   local mirror.
+pub trait SessionApi: Send + Sync {
+    fn username(&self) -> String;
+    fn listen_port(&self) -> Option<u16>;
+    fn session_loss(&self) -> Option<SessionLoss>;
+
+    fn search(
+        &self,
+        query: &str,
+        timeout: Duration,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<SearchResult>>;
+    fn search_with_cancel(
+        &self,
+        query: &str,
+        timeout: Duration,
+        cancel: Option<Arc<AtomicBool>>,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<SearchResult>>;
+    fn get_search_results(&self, key: &str) -> Vec<SearchResult>;
+    fn get_search_results_count(&self, key: &str) -> usize;
+    fn try_get_search_results(&self, key: &str) -> Option<Vec<SearchResult>>;
+    fn start_wishlist_search(&self, query: &str) -> Result<()>;
+    fn wishlist_interval(&self) -> Duration;
+
+    fn download(
+        &self,
+        filename: String,
+        username: String,
+        size: u64,
+        download_directory: String,
+    ) -> Result<(Download, Receiver<DownloadStatus>)>;
+    fn download_with_metadata(
+        &self,
+        filename: String,
+        username: String,
+        size: u64,
+        download_directory: String,
+        metadata: DownloadMetadata,
+    ) -> Result<(Download, Receiver<DownloadStatus>)>;
+    fn get_all_downloads(&self) -> Vec<Download>;
+    fn pause_download(&self, username: &str, filename: &str) -> bool;
+    fn resume_download(&self, username: &str, filename: &str) -> bool;
+    fn remove_queued_download(&self, username: &str, filename: &str) -> bool;
+    fn remove_download(&self, username: &str, filename: &str) -> bool;
+
+    fn uploads(&self) -> Vec<UploadInfo>;
+    fn take_upload_events(&self) -> Vec<UploadInfo>;
+    fn cancel_upload(&self, username: &str, filename: &str) -> bool;
+    fn set_upload_slots(&self, slots: usize);
+    fn check_privileges(&self) -> Result<()>;
+    fn own_privilege_seconds(&self) -> Option<u32>;
+
+    fn request_room_list(&self) -> Result<()>;
+    fn join_room(&self, room: &str) -> Result<()>;
+    fn leave_room(&self, room: &str) -> Result<()>;
+    fn say_in_room(&self, room: &str, message: &str) -> Result<()>;
+    fn room_members(&self, room: &str) -> Vec<String>;
+    fn take_room_events(&self) -> Vec<RoomEvent>;
+
+    fn send_private_message(&self, username: &str, message: &str) -> Result<()>;
+    fn take_private_messages(&self) -> Vec<UserMessage>;
+
+    fn browse_user(&self, username: &str) -> Result<()>;
+    fn take_browse_result(
+        &self,
+        username: &str,
+    ) -> Option<Vec<SharedDirectory>>;
+    fn request_user_info(&self, username: &str) -> Result<()>;
+    fn user_info(&self, username: &str) -> Option<UserInfo>;
+
+    fn shared_counts(&self) -> (u32, u32);
+    fn shared_directories(&self) -> Vec<String>;
+    fn set_shared_directories(&self, directories: Vec<String>) -> Result<()>;
+}
+
+/// The local session: the library client itself, so `Arc<Client>` is already an
+/// `Arc<dyn SessionApi>` and the in-process path costs nothing but a vtable.
+impl SessionApi for Client {
+    fn username(&self) -> String {
+        Self::username(self).to_string()
+    }
+
+    fn listen_port(&self) -> Option<u16> {
+        Self::listen_port(self)
+    }
+
+    fn session_loss(&self) -> Option<SessionLoss> {
+        Self::session_loss(self)
+    }
+
+    fn search(
+        &self,
+        query: &str,
+        timeout: Duration,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<SearchResult>> {
+        Self::search(self, query, timeout)
+    }
+
+    fn search_with_cancel(
+        &self,
+        query: &str,
+        timeout: Duration,
+        cancel: Option<Arc<AtomicBool>>,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<SearchResult>> {
+        Self::search_with_cancel(self, query, timeout, cancel)
+    }
+
+    fn get_search_results(&self, key: &str) -> Vec<SearchResult> {
+        Self::get_search_results(self, key)
+    }
+
+    fn get_search_results_count(&self, key: &str) -> usize {
+        Self::get_search_results_count(self, key)
+    }
+
+    fn try_get_search_results(&self, key: &str) -> Option<Vec<SearchResult>> {
+        Self::try_get_search_results(self, key)
+    }
+
+    fn start_wishlist_search(&self, query: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        Self::start_wishlist_search(self, query)
+    }
+
+    fn wishlist_interval(&self) -> Duration {
+        Self::wishlist_interval(self)
+    }
+
+    fn download(
+        &self,
+        filename: String,
+        username: String,
+        size: u64,
+        download_directory: String,
+    ) -> Result<(Download, Receiver<DownloadStatus>)> {
+        Self::download(self, filename, username, size, download_directory)
+    }
+
+    fn download_with_metadata(
+        &self,
+        filename: String,
+        username: String,
+        size: u64,
+        download_directory: String,
+        metadata: DownloadMetadata,
+    ) -> Result<(Download, Receiver<DownloadStatus>)> {
+        Self::download_with_metadata(
+            self,
+            filename,
+            username,
+            size,
+            download_directory,
+            metadata,
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn get_all_downloads(&self) -> Vec<Download> {
+        Self::get_all_downloads(self)
+    }
+
+    fn pause_download(&self, username: &str, filename: &str) -> bool {
+        Self::pause_download(self, username, filename)
+    }
+
+    fn resume_download(&self, username: &str, filename: &str) -> bool {
+        Self::resume_download(self, username, filename)
+    }
+
+    fn remove_queued_download(&self, username: &str, filename: &str) -> bool {
+        Self::remove_queued_download(self, username, filename)
+    }
+
+    fn remove_download(&self, username: &str, filename: &str) -> bool {
+        Self::remove_download(self, username, filename)
+    }
+
+    fn uploads(&self) -> Vec<UploadInfo> {
+        Self::uploads(self)
+    }
+
+    fn take_upload_events(&self) -> Vec<UploadInfo> {
+        Self::take_upload_events(self)
+    }
+
+    fn cancel_upload(&self, username: &str, filename: &str) -> bool {
+        Self::cancel_upload(self, username, filename)
+    }
+
+    fn set_upload_slots(&self, slots: usize) {
+        Self::set_upload_slots(self, slots);
+    }
+
+    fn check_privileges(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        Self::check_privileges(self)
+    }
+
+    fn own_privilege_seconds(&self) -> Option<u32> {
+        Self::own_privilege_seconds(self)
+    }
+
+    fn request_room_list(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        Self::request_room_list(self)
+    }
+
+    fn join_room(&self, room: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        Self::join_room(self, room)
+    }
+
+    fn leave_room(&self, room: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        Self::leave_room(self, room)
+    }
+
+    fn say_in_room(&self, room: &str, message: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        Self::say_in_room(self, room, message)
+    }
+
+    fn room_members(&self, room: &str) -> Vec<String> {
+        Self::room_members(self, room)
+    }
+
+    fn take_room_events(&self) -> Vec<RoomEvent> {
+        Self::take_room_events(self)
+    }
+
+    fn send_private_message(&self, username: &str, message: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        Self::send_private_message(self, username, message)
+    }
+
+    fn take_private_messages(&self) -> Vec<UserMessage> {
+        Self::take_private_messages(self)
+    }
+
+    fn browse_user(&self, username: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        Self::browse_user(self, username)
+    }
+
+    fn take_browse_result(
+        &self,
+        username: &str,
+    ) -> Option<Vec<SharedDirectory>> {
+        Self::take_browse_result(self, username)
+    }
+
+    fn request_user_info(&self, username: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        Self::request_user_info(self, username)
+    }
+
+    fn user_info(&self, username: &str) -> Option<UserInfo> {
+        Self::user_info(self, username)
+    }
+
+    fn shared_counts(&self) -> (u32, u32) {
+        Self::shared_counts(self)
+    }
+
+    fn shared_directories(&self) -> Vec<String> {
+        Self::shared_directories(self)
+    }
+
+    fn set_shared_directories(&self, directories: Vec<String>) -> Result<()> {
+        Self::set_shared_directories(self, directories)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/soulseek-rs/src/commands/mod.rs b/soulseek-rs/src/commands/mod.rs
index a28240f..f0ffa83 100644
--- a/soulseek-rs/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/soulseek-rs/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use crate::output::{CliError, CliResult, Exit, Out, PortmapRecord};
 use crate::port_mapping::{self, PortMapper};
 use soulseek_rs::types::{RoomEvent, RoomInfo};
 use soulseek_rs::{Client, ClientSettings, SessionLoss};
+use crate::api::SessionApi;
 use std::net::{SocketAddr, TcpStream, ToSocketAddrs};
 use std::sync::{Arc, OnceLock};
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ pub struct Ctx {
     pub search_timeout: Duration,
     /// The client of the session this command opened, once it has one, so the
     /// verdict can be checked against the session that produced it.
-    pub session: OnceLock<Arc<Client>>,
+    pub session: OnceLock<Arc<dyn SessionApi>>,
 }
 
 impl Ctx {
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ fn session_lost(loss: SessionLoss) -> CliError {
 /// A logged-in client plus, while the listener is enabled, the port mapping
 /// that makes us reachable. Both live until the command ends.
 pub struct Session {
-    pub client: Arc<Client>,
+    pub client: Arc<dyn SessionApi>,
     _mapper: Option<PortMapper>,
 }
 
@@ -90,7 +91,8 @@ impl Session {
         ctx.out.status(&format!("connecting to {address}…"));
         reachable(&address, REACH_TIMEOUT)?;
 
-        let client = Arc::new(login(ctx.settings.clone(), &address)?);
+        let client: Arc<dyn SessionApi> =
+            Arc::new(login(ctx.settings.clone(), &address)?);
         ctx.out
             .status(&format!("logged in as {}", ctx.settings.username));
         let _ = ctx.session.set(Arc::clone(&client));
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@ fn login(settings: ClientSettings, address: &str) -> CliResult<Client> {
 /// Events already queued are discarded first: servers push a room list at
 /// login, and counting that one would answer a question we had not asked yet.
 pub fn await_room_list(
-    client: &Client,
+    client: &dyn SessionApi,
     timeout: Duration,
     poll: Duration,
 ) -> Option<Vec<RoomInfo>> {
@@ -215,7 +217,7 @@ pub fn await_room_list(
 /// message reached the socket. The room list is the cheapest such request and
 /// every server answers it, which lets `message send` and `room say` report
 /// delivery honestly instead of sleeping and hoping.
-pub fn confirm_flush(client: &Client, timeout: Duration) -> bool {
+pub fn confirm_flush(client: &dyn SessionApi, timeout: Duration) -> bool {
     await_room_list(client, timeout, Duration::from_millis(50)).is_some()
 }
 
diff --git a/soulseek-rs/src/commands/peer.rs b/soulseek-rs/src/commands/peer.rs
index f9b19ad..dd06f56 100644
--- a/soulseek-rs/src/commands/peer.rs
+++ b/soulseek-rs/src/commands/peer.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pub fn whoami(ctx: &Ctx) -> CliResult {
         shared_folders: folders,
         shared_files: files,
         download_dir: ctx.download_dir.clone(),
-        privilege_seconds: own_privileges(&session.client),
+        privilege_seconds: own_privileges(session.client.as_ref()),
     });
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pub fn whoami(ctx: &Ctx) -> CliResult {
 ///
 /// A server that does not answer leaves the field null rather than reporting a
 /// zero, because "no privileges" and "did not say" are different facts.
-fn own_privileges(client: &soulseek_rs::Client) -> Option<u32> {
+fn own_privileges(client: &dyn crate::api::SessionApi) -> Option<u32> {
     if client.check_privileges().is_err() {
         return None;
     }
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ pub fn serve(
             }
         }
         if let Some(sweeper) = sweeper.as_mut() {
-            sweeper.tick(ctx, &session.client);
+            sweeper.tick(ctx, session.client.as_ref());
         }
         std::thread::sleep(POLL);
     }
diff --git a/soulseek-rs/src/commands/social.rs b/soulseek-rs/src/commands/social.rs
index 435a137..613581a 100644
--- a/soulseek-rs/src/commands/social.rs
+++ b/soulseek-rs/src/commands/social.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ use crate::output::{
     RoomEventRecord, RoomMemberRecord, RoomRecord,
 };
 use soulseek_rs::types::RoomEvent;
-use soulseek_rs::{Client, SharedDirectory};
+use crate::api::SessionApi;
+use soulseek_rs::SharedDirectory;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 /// How long to wait for the server to acknowledge something we sent.
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ pub fn full_path(directory: &str, basename: &str) -> String {
 
 /// Ask a peer for its share listing and wait for the answer.
 pub fn fetch_listing(
-    client: &Client,
+    client: &dyn SessionApi,
     user: &str,
     timeout: Duration,
 ) -> CliResult<Vec<SharedDirectory>> {
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ pub fn browse(ctx: &Ctx, args: &BrowseArgs) -> CliResult {
         .status(&format!("requesting {}'s shared files…", args.user));
 
     let directories = fetch_listing(
-        &session.client,
+        session.client.as_ref(),
         &args.user,
         Duration::from_secs(args.timeout),
     )?;
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ pub fn room_list(ctx: &Ctx, timeout: Duration) -> CliResult {
     ctx.out.status("fetching the room list…");
 
     let Some(mut rooms) =
-        super::await_room_list(&session.client, timeout, POLL)
+        super::await_room_list(session.client.as_ref(), timeout, POLL)
     else {
         return Err(CliError::timeout(format!(
             "the server sent no room list within {}s",
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ pub fn room_say(ctx: &Ctx, room: &str, message: &str) -> CliResult {
         CliError::connection(format!("cannot post to {room}: {e}"))
     })?;
 
-    if confirm_flush(&session.client, FLUSH_TIMEOUT) {
+    if confirm_flush(session.client.as_ref(), FLUSH_TIMEOUT) {
         ctx.out.status(&format!("posted to {room}"));
         return Ok(());
     }
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ pub fn message_send(ctx: &Ctx, user: &str, message: &str) -> CliResult {
             CliError::connection(format!("cannot send to {user}: {e}"))
         })?;
 
-    if confirm_flush(&session.client, FLUSH_TIMEOUT) {
+    if confirm_flush(session.client.as_ref(), FLUSH_TIMEOUT) {
         ctx.out.status(&format!("sent to {user}"));
         return Ok(());
     }
diff --git a/soulseek-rs/src/commands/transfer.rs b/soulseek-rs/src/commands/transfer.rs
index 6200b5b..67d9b36 100644
--- a/soulseek-rs/src/commands/transfer.rs
+++ b/soulseek-rs/src/commands/transfer.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ use crate::output::{
     CliError, CliResult, DownloadRecord, Exit, Out, SearchRecord,
 };
 use soulseek_rs::utils::path::expand_tilde;
-use soulseek_rs::{Client, DownloadStatus, SearchResult};
+use crate::api::SessionApi;
+use soulseek_rs::{DownloadStatus, SearchResult};
 use std::collections::{HashMap, VecDeque};
 use std::io::BufRead;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ pub fn download(ctx: &Ctx, args: &DownloadArgs) -> CliResult {
 
     ensure_download_dir(&ctx.download_dir)?;
     let session = Session::open(ctx)?;
-    let requests = resolve_sizes(ctx, &session.client, requests)?;
+    let requests = resolve_sizes(ctx, session.client.as_ref(), requests)?;
     download_all(
         ctx,
         &session.client,
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ pub fn get(ctx: &Ctx, args: &GetArgs) -> CliResult {
 /// late responders are often the better sources.
 fn collect(
     ctx: &Ctx,
-    client: &Arc<Client>,
+    client: &Arc<dyn SessionApi>,
     query: &str,
     stop_early: bool,
 ) -> CliResult<Vec<SearchResult>> {
@@ -365,7 +366,7 @@ fn dedupe(
 /// and saved empty, so look it up in the peer's share listing first.
 fn resolve_sizes(
     ctx: &Ctx,
-    client: &Client,
+    client: &dyn SessionApi,
     requests: Vec<Request>,
 ) -> CliResult<Vec<Request>> {
     if requests.iter().all(|request| request.size > 0) {
@@ -434,7 +435,7 @@ fn ensure_download_dir(download_dir: &str) -> CliResult {
 /// each result as it lands. Any failure fails the command.
 fn download_all(
     ctx: &Ctx,
-    client: &Arc<Client>,
+    client: &Arc<dyn SessionApi>,
     requests: Vec<Request>,
     timeout: Duration,
 ) -> CliResult {
@@ -452,7 +453,7 @@ fn download_all(
                     queue.lock().ok().and_then(|mut q| q.pop_front())
                 {
                     let outcome = download_one(
-                        client,
+                        client.as_ref(),
                         &ctx.out,
                         &request,
                         &ctx.download_dir,
@@ -499,7 +500,7 @@ fn download_all(
 /// on the status channel rather than through the call that starts the
 /// transfer, so the channel is the only thing worth believing.
 fn download_one(
-    client: &Client,
+    client: &dyn SessionApi,
     out: &Out,
     request: &Request,
     download_dir: &str,
diff --git a/soulseek-rs/src/commands/wish.rs b/soulseek-rs/src/commands/wish.rs
index a1a7eaf..82b65b6 100644
--- a/soulseek-rs/src/commands/wish.rs
+++ b/soulseek-rs/src/commands/wish.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use super::{Ctx, Session, settings::Store, transfer};
 use crate::cli::{SortKey, WishRunArgs};
 use crate::output::{CliError, CliResult, Out, WishRecord};
 use crate::persist::config::FileConfig;
+use crate::api::SessionApi;
 use soulseek_rs::Client;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ pub fn run(ctx: &Ctx, store: &Store, args: &WishRunArgs) -> CliResult {
     let wishes = selected(&store.config, args.only.as_deref())?;
     let session = Session::open(ctx)?;
 
-    if !sweep(ctx, &session.client, &wishes, &Sweep::from(args)) {
+    if !sweep(ctx, session.client.as_ref(), &wishes, &Sweep::from(args)) {
         return Err(CliError::no_results(
             "no wish matched anything on the network",
         ));
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ impl Sweeper {
     /// unreported and `--duration` overshoots by that much. Move the sweep to its
     /// own thread with a channel of records if that ever matters; what mattered
     /// was that it used to be one window *per wish*.
-    pub fn tick(&mut self, ctx: &Ctx, client: &Client) {
+    pub fn tick(&mut self, ctx: &Ctx, client: &dyn SessionApi) {
         if Instant::now() < self.next {
             return;
         }
@@ -139,7 +140,12 @@ impl Sweeper {
 /// All the searches go out before anything is waited for: peers answer whenever
 /// they get round to it, so one shared window covers every wish, where waiting
 /// per wish would cost a full window each.
-fn sweep(ctx: &Ctx, client: &Client, wishes: &[String], how: &Sweep) -> bool {
+fn sweep(
+    ctx: &Ctx,
+    client: &dyn SessionApi,
+    wishes: &[String],
+    how: &Sweep,
+) -> bool {
     let mut sent = Vec::new();
     for wish in wishes {
         match client.start_wishlist_search(wish) {
diff --git a/soulseek-rs/src/lib.rs b/soulseek-rs/src/lib.rs
index 0a2714b..1ad8b30 100644
--- a/soulseek-rs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/soulseek-rs/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 //! Library surface of the TUI binary, exposed for integration tests.
 //! The binary itself compiles these modules directly (see `main.rs`).
 
+pub mod api;
 pub mod cli;
 pub mod models;
 pub mod persist;
diff --git a/soulseek-rs/src/main.rs b/soulseek-rs/src/main.rs
index 213cabe..2a008d4 100644
--- a/soulseek-rs/src/main.rs
+++ b/soulseek-rs/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+mod api;
 mod cli;
 mod commands;
 mod directories;
diff --git a/soulseek-rs/src/ui/main_tui/mod.rs b/soulseek-rs/src/ui/main_tui/mod.rs
index 864e116..7c132d5 100644
--- a/soulseek-rs/src/ui/main_tui/mod.rs
+++ b/soulseek-rs/src/ui/main_tui/mod.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ mod rooms;
 mod search;
 mod settings;
 
+use crate::api::SessionApi;
 use crate::models::AppState;
 use crate::persist::{
     snapshot::{Snapshot, restore_messages, restore_searches},
@@ -16,11 +17,10 @@ use ratatui::{
     DefaultTerminal,
     crossterm::event::{self, Event, KeyEventKind, poll},
 };
-use soulseek_rs::Client;
 use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
 pub struct MainTui {
-    client: Arc<Client>,
+    client: Arc<dyn SessionApi>,
     state: AppState,
     download_dir: String,
     #[allow(dead_code)]
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pub struct MainTui {
 
 impl MainTui {
     pub fn new(
-        client: Arc<Client>,
+        client: Arc<dyn SessionApi>,
         download_dir: String,
         max_concurrent_downloads: usize,
         search_timeout: Duration,
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ impl MainTui {
 
 pub fn launch_main_tui(
     terminal: DefaultTerminal,
-    client: Arc<Client>,
+    client: Arc<dyn SessionApi>,
     download_dir: String,
     max_concurrent_downloads: usize,
     search_timeout: Duration,
diff --git a/soulseek-rs/src/ui/main_tui/render.rs b/soulseek-rs/src/ui/main_tui/render.rs
index dc3c632..f0f7779 100644
--- a/soulseek-rs/src/ui/main_tui/render.rs
+++ b/soulseek-rs/src/ui/main_tui/render.rs
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ impl MainTui {
         // it renders the messages and the compose line itself.
         let area = centered_rect(70, 60, frame.area());
         frame.render_widget(ratatui::widgets::Clear, area);
-        render_chat_pane(frame, area, &self.state, self.client.username());
+        render_chat_pane(frame, area, &self.state, &self.client.username());
     }
 
     /// Context shortcuts for the chat-rooms popup.