diff --git a/OliveTin.proto b/OliveTin.proto
index 5503d36..0bc72b9 100644
--- a/OliveTin.proto
+++ b/OliveTin.proto
@@ -39,9 +39,12 @@ message Entity {
 
 message GetDashboardComponentsResponse {
 	string title = 1;
+
 	repeated Action actions = 2;
 	repeated Entity entities = 3;
 	repeated DashboardComponent dashboards = 4;
+
+	string authenticated_user = 5;
 }
 
 message GetDashboardComponentsRequest {}
diff --git a/internal/grpcapi/grpcApi.go b/internal/grpcapi/grpcApi.go
index 7d53d4d..25f3baa 100644
--- a/internal/grpcapi/grpcApi.go
+++ b/internal/grpcapi/grpcApi.go
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ func (api *oliveTinAPI) GetDashboardComponents(ctx ctx.Context, req *pb.GetDashb
 
 	dashboardCfgToPb(res, cfg.Dashboards)
 
+	res.AuthenticatedUser = user.Username
+
 	return res, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/webui.dev/index.html b/webui.dev/index.html
index 29807c3..a116ca1 100644
--- a/webui.dev/index.html
+++ b/webui.dev/index.html
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 					</li>
 				</ul>
 			</nav>
+
+			<span id = "username">&nbsp;</span>
 		</header>
 
 		<main title = "main content">
diff --git a/webui.dev/js/marshaller.js b/webui.dev/js/marshaller.js
index 30a0573..ebaf26b 100644
--- a/webui.dev/js/marshaller.js
+++ b/webui.dev/js/marshaller.js
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ export function marshalDashboardComponentsJsonToHtml (json) {
   marshalActionsJsonToHtml(json)
   marshalDashboardStructureToHtml(json)
 
+  document.getElementById('username').innerText = json.authenticatedUser
+
   changeDirectory(null)
 }
 
diff --git a/webui.dev/style.css b/webui.dev/style.css
index 2699b8f..b4e2466 100644
--- a/webui.dev/style.css
+++ b/webui.dev/style.css
@@ -72,9 +72,15 @@ nav ul li a:hover {
   text-align: center;
   display: inline-grid;
   place-items: center;
+  margin-left: 1em;
   padding: 0;
 }
 
+#username {
+  margin-right: 1em;
+  font-size: small;
+}
+
 nav {
   display: none;
   left: -250px;
@@ -120,6 +126,7 @@ h1 {
   display: inline;
   font-size: small;
   padding-left: .5em;
+  flex-grow: 1;
 }
 
 nav ul {
@@ -375,7 +382,6 @@ header {
   flex-direction: row;
   z-index: 3;
   align-items: center;
-  padding-left: 1em;
   padding-bottom: .2em;
   padding-top: 1em;
   position: fixed;