diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 46c8f1f..d633451 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -519,7 +519,11 @@ async function notifyNewReferral(ref, newAcct) {
 // how a member is named in emails/alerts: @username, a linked position named after its owner, else member #id
 async function memberLabel(id) {
   try {
-    const a = await accounts.byMemberId(id);
+    let a = await accounts.byMemberId(id);
+    if (!a) { // brand-new buyer: the account learns its member id on its next page load, so read the
+      // wallet from the chain and match it now (Jim's purchase mailed as "member #25", 2026-09-13)
+      try { const m = await chain.member(id); if (m && m.account) { a = await accounts.byAddress(String(m.account).toLowerCase()); if (a && !a.memberId) accounts.setMemberId(a.email, id).catch(() => {}); } } catch (e) {}
+    }
     if (a && a.username) return '@' + a.username;
     const pos = await accounts.positionByMember(id);
     if (pos && pos.email) { const o = await accounts.byEmail(pos.email); if (o && o.username) return '@' + o.username + ' (extra position #' + id + ')'; }