diff --git a/Outpost/Features/Account/SettingsView.swift b/Outpost/Features/Account/SettingsView.swift
index 48570f7..13de716 100644
--- a/Outpost/Features/Account/SettingsView.swift
+++ b/Outpost/Features/Account/SettingsView.swift
@@ -144,6 +144,18 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
                 onCancel: { pickedPhoto = nil }
             )
         }
+        // The session only holds whatever was fetched at sign-in/launch —
+        // a name (or avatar) changed elsewhere (the Outline web app, say)
+        // never reaches it on its own. Refetching every time this page
+        // opens, rather than only once per app launch, is what makes that
+        // show up without having to quit and relaunch.
+        .task {
+            editableName = session.userName ?? ""
+            await refreshProfile()
+        }
+        .onChange(of: session.userName) { _, newValue in
+            editableName = newValue ?? ""
+        }
     }
 
     private var avatarRow: some View {
@@ -199,7 +211,6 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
             }
         }
         .frame(maxWidth: 420, alignment: .leading)
-        .task { editableName = session.userName ?? "" }
     }
 
     private var emailRow: some View {
@@ -527,6 +538,12 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
 
     // MARK: - Profile actions
 
+    private func refreshProfile() async {
+        guard let apiClient = session.apiClient else { return }
+        guard let fresh = try? await apiClient.currentUser() else { return }
+        session.applyUpdatedProfile(fresh)
+    }
+
     private func pickPhoto() {
         let panel = NSOpenPanel()
         panel.allowedContentTypes = [.png, .jpeg, .heic, .image]