diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt
index b9892297..2149bc2a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ class MeshService : Service(), Logging {
 
     private val configTotal by lazy { ConfigProtos.Config.getDescriptor().fields.size }
     private val moduleTotal by lazy { ModuleConfigProtos.ModuleConfig.getDescriptor().fields.size }
+    private var sessionPasskey: ByteString = ByteString.EMPTY
 
     private var localConfig: LocalConfig = LocalConfig.getDefaultInstance()
     private var moduleConfig: LocalModuleConfig = LocalModuleConfig.getDefaultInstance()
@@ -559,6 +560,7 @@ class MeshService : Service(), Logging {
         portnumValue = Portnums.PortNum.ADMIN_APP_VALUE
         payload = AdminProtos.AdminMessage.newBuilder().also {
             initFn(it)
+            it.sessionPasskey = sessionPasskey
         }.build().toByteString()
     }
 
@@ -768,7 +770,6 @@ class MeshService : Service(), Logging {
     }
 
     private fun handleReceivedAdmin(fromNodeNum: Int, a: AdminProtos.AdminMessage) {
-        // For the time being we only care about admin messages from our local node
         if (fromNodeNum == myNodeNum) {
             when (a.payloadVariantCase) {
                 AdminProtos.AdminMessage.PayloadVariantCase.GET_CONFIG_RESPONSE -> {
@@ -792,6 +793,9 @@ class MeshService : Service(), Logging {
                     warn("No special processing needed for ${a.payloadVariantCase}")
 
             }
+        } else {
+            debug("Admin: Received session_passkey from $fromNodeNum")
+            sessionPasskey = a.sessionPasskey
         }
     }
 
@@ -1373,7 +1377,6 @@ class MeshService : Service(), Logging {
         radioConfigRepository.setStatusMessage("Nodes (${newNodes.size} / 100)")
     }
 
-
     private var rawMyNodeInfo: MeshProtos.MyNodeInfo? = null
     private var rawDeviceMetadata: MeshProtos.DeviceMetadata? = null