diff --git a/rlgterm.js b/rlgterm.js
index 66e55b5..8e26dd2 100644
--- a/rlgterm.js
+++ b/rlgterm.js
@@ -704,12 +704,19 @@ function wsWatch(gamenumber) {
   ws.onopen = function (event) {
     session.id = true;
     session.sock = ws;
-    message("You are now watching game #" + gamenumber + ".");
     setmode("watch");
   };
   ws.onmessage = function (event) {
     var msgObject = JSON.parse(event.data);
-    if (msgObject.t == 'd') {
+    if (msgObject.t == 'w') {
+      termemu.resize(msgObject.h, msgObject.w);
+      termemu.reset();
+      termemu.toAltBuf();
+      var pname = msgObject.p;
+      var gname = games[msgObject.g].name;
+      message("You are now watching " + pname + " play " + gname + ".");
+    }
+    else if (msgObject.t == 'd') {
       writeData(msgObject.d);
     }
   };
diff --git a/rlgwebd.js b/rlgwebd.js
index ade7831..a9df6eb 100755
--- a/rlgwebd.js
+++ b/rlgwebd.js
@@ -390,6 +390,10 @@ function wsWatcher(conn, session) {
     session.removeListener('exit', exitH);
     tslog("A WebSocket watcher has left game %d", session.sessid);
   });
+  conn.sendUTF(JSON.stringify({
+            "t": "w", "w": session.w, "h": session.h, 
+            "p": session.pname, "g": session.game.uname
+  }));
   conn.sendUTF(JSON.stringify({"t": "d",
         "d": session.framebuf.toString("hex", 0, session.frameoff)}));
 }