diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/topo/Topo2ViewMessageHandler.java b/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/topo/Topo2ViewMessageHandler.java
index ea774d9..d9e9c47 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/topo/Topo2ViewMessageHandler.java
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/topo/Topo2ViewMessageHandler.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 
         // get the topo session from the UiWebSocket
         topoSession = ((UiWebSocket) connection).topoSession();
-        t2json = new Topo2Jsonifier(directory);
+        t2json = new Topo2Jsonifier(directory, connection.userName());
     }
 
     @Override