From 12fb686f00598fac96705b847bee6f13941a9609 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Knud=20Schr=C3=B8der?=
 <37827873+dk98174003@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:29:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add files via upload

---
 Debian/meshtastic_client.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Debian/meshtastic_client.py b/Debian/meshtastic_client.py
index f966759..e5f5f6a 100644
--- a/Debian/meshtastic_client.py
+++ b/Debian/meshtastic_client.py
@@ -833,7 +833,8 @@ class MeshtasticGUI:
             shortname = user.get("shortName") or ""
             longname = user.get("longName") or ""
             hwmodel = user.get("hwModel") or ""
-            role = user.get("role") or ""
+            role_raw = user.get("role") or ""
+            role = role_raw if role_raw.strip() else "CLIENT"
             macaddr = user.get("macaddr") or ""
             publickey = user.get("publicKey") or ""
             unmsg = user.get("isUnmessagable") or user.get("isUnmessageable") or False
@@ -1641,4 +1642,4 @@ def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
\ No newline at end of file
+    main()