1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
index 17f1146b1..44cd1f8c0 100644
--- a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
@@ -409,10 +409,10 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
             doc.emptySlide = textDoc;
         }
         if (doc.emptyHeader === undefined) {
-            const headerTemplate = Docs.Create.TextDocument(" ", { title: "header", _autoHeight: true, system: true, cloneFieldFilter: new List<string>(["system"]) }, "header"); // text needs to be a space to allow templateText to be created
+            const headerTemplate = Docs.Create.TextDocument(" ", { title: "header", target: doc, _autoHeight: true, system: true, cloneFieldFilter: new List<string>(["system"]) }, "header"); // text needs to be a space to allow templateText to be created
             headerTemplate[DataSym].layout =
                 "<div>" +
-                "    <FormattedTextBox {...props} dontSelectOnLoad={'true'} ignoreAutoHeight={'true'} height='{this._headerHeight||75}px' background='{this._headerColor||`orange`}' fieldKey={'header'}/>" +
+                "    <FormattedTextBox {...props} dontSelectOnLoad={'true'} ignoreAutoHeight={'true'} height='{this._headerHeight||75}px' background='{this._headerColor||this.target.userColor||`orange`}' fieldKey={'header'}/>" +
                 "    <FormattedTextBox {...props} position='absolute' top='{(this._headerHeight||75)*scale}px' height='calc({100/scale}% - {this._headerHeight||75}px)' fieldKey={'text'}/>" +
                 "</div>";
             (headerTemplate.proto as Doc).isTemplateDoc = makeTemplate(headerTemplate.proto as Doc, true, "headerView");
@@ -943,6 +943,7 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
         doc.system = true;
         doc.noviceMode = doc.noviceMode === undefined ? "true" : doc.noviceMode;
         doc.title = Doc.CurrentUserEmail;
+        doc.userColor = "orange";
         doc.activeInkPen = doc;
         doc.activeInkColor = StrCast(doc.activeInkColor, "rgb(0, 0, 0)");
         doc.activeInkWidth = StrCast(doc.activeInkWidth, "1");