diff --git a/public/src/app.js b/public/src/app.js
index 78a1c9228f..2e1c1f9204 100644
--- a/public/src/app.js
+++ b/public/src/app.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ var socket,
 					socket.on('event:connect', function (data) {
 						app.username = data.username;
 						app.uid = data.uid;
+						app.isAdmin = data.isAdmin;
 
 						app.showLoginMessage();
 						socket.emit('meta.updateHeader', {
diff --git a/src/socket.io/index.js b/src/socket.io/index.js
index b92c0f7e3f..9e5b6205af 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/index.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/index.js
@@ -88,10 +88,22 @@ Sockets.init = function(server) {
 					db.sortedSetAdd('users:online', Date.now(), uid, function(err, data) {
 						socket.join('uid_' + uid);
 
-						user.getUserField(uid, 'username', function(err, username) {
+						async.parallel({
+							username: function(next) {
+								user.getUserField(uid, 'username', function(err, username) {
+									next(err, username);
+								});
+							},
+							isAdmin: function(next) {
+								user.isAdministrator(uid, function(err, isAdmin) {
+									next(err, isAdmin);
+								});
+							}
+						}, function(err, userData) {
 							socket.emit('event:connect', {
 								status: 1,
-								username: username,
+								username: userData.username,
+								isAdmin: userData.isAdmin,
 								uid: uid
 							});
 						});