diff --git a/html/field.js b/html/field.js
index f81a7af..4ec17e8 100644
--- a/html/field.js
+++ b/html/field.js
@@ -32,7 +32,15 @@ function boot() {
   PID = params.get('project') || (ProjectData.getActiveId && ProjectData.getActiveId()) || '';
   if (!PID) { showNoProject(); return; }
   if (ProjectData.getActiveId && ProjectData.getActiveId() !== PID) { try { ProjectData.setActive({ id: PID }); } catch (e) {} }
-  if (ProjectData.get) { ProjectData.get(PID).then(function (p) { PROJECT = p; renderCtx(); }).catch(function () {}); }
+  // Publish the resolved record rather than keeping it to ourselves: line 34 could
+  // only write the id, and the app bar reads the shared record, not PROJECT.
+  if (ProjectData.get) {
+    ProjectData.get(PID).then(function (p) {
+      PROJECT = p;
+      if (p && p.name) { try { ProjectData.setActive(p); } catch (e) {} }
+      renderCtx();
+    }).catch(function () {});
+  }
   loadWPs();
 }
 function renderCtx() {
diff --git a/html/project-data.js b/html/project-data.js
index 22db885..dd56abe 100644
--- a/html/project-data.js
+++ b/html/project-data.js
@@ -112,6 +112,25 @@
         }
       } catch (e) {}
       notifyActive(p || null);
+
+      // A caller that knew only the id leaves the store holding a stub, and every
+      // reader then renders "(unnamed)" — field.js sets {id} on boot and resolves the
+      // record into a variable of its own. Fill the stub in from the cached list, or
+      // from the API when the cache has not loaded yet. The re-entry carries a name,
+      // so it cannot loop; the id re-check stops a slow response from overwriting a
+      // project the user has since switched to.
+      if (p && p.id && !p.name) {
+        var self = this;
+        var cached = readLocal().filter(function (x) { return x.id === p.id; })[0];
+        if (cached && cached.name) { self.setActive(cached); return; }
+        try {
+          if (self.get) {
+            self.get(p.id).then(function (full) {
+              if (full && full.name && self.getActiveId() === full.id) self.setActive(full);
+            }).catch(function () {});
+          }
+        } catch (e) {}
+      }
     },
 
     // Subscribe to active-project changes. Returns an unsubscribe function.
diff --git a/html/wp-chrome.js b/html/wp-chrome.js
index ae546b4..9783485 100644
--- a/html/wp-chrome.js
+++ b/html/wp-chrome.js
@@ -163,7 +163,24 @@
         .then(function (r) { return r.ok ? r.json() : []; });
     }
     Promise.resolve(p)
-      .then(function (list) { projects = Array.isArray(list) ? list : []; switcher.wpcRefresh(); })
+      .then(function (list) {
+        projects = Array.isArray(list) ? list : [];
+        // A deep link names the project, and the bar is the one component every
+        // page carrying chrome has. The launcher, SOP wizard, creator and field
+        // view each resolve ?project= themselves; admin.html and users.html have
+        // no project logic at all, so without this their bar shows whatever was
+        // last stored — or "Select a project" on a cold browser — while the URL
+        // says otherwise. Resolving it here covers every page once.
+        try {
+          var wanted = new URLSearchParams(location.search).get('project');
+          if (wanted && window.ProjectData && ProjectData.setActive) {
+            var hit = projects.filter(function (x) { return x.id === wanted; })[0];
+            var cur = activeProject();
+            if (hit && (!cur || cur.id !== hit.id || !cur.name)) ProjectData.setActive(hit);
+          }
+        } catch (e) {}
+        switcher.wpcRefresh();
+      })
       .catch(function () {});
   }