diff --git a/app/src/main/aidl/com/geeksville/mesh/IMeshService.aidl b/app/src/main/aidl/com/geeksville/mesh/IMeshService.aidl
index 5912acb17..dff283be7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/aidl/com/geeksville/mesh/IMeshService.aidl
+++ b/app/src/main/aidl/com/geeksville/mesh/IMeshService.aidl
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ interface IMeshService {
     */
     void setOwner(String myId, String longName, String shortName);
 
+    /// Return my unique user ID string
+    String getMyId();
+
     /*
     Send an opaque packet to a specified node name
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt
index e0da3b92f..908545a41 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt
@@ -403,12 +403,18 @@ class MeshService : Service(), Logging {
         broadcastNodeChange(info)
     }
 
+    /// My node num
+    private val myNodeNum get() = myNodeInfo!!.myNodeNum
+
+    /// My node ID string
+    private val myNodeID get() = toNodeID(myNodeNum)
+
     /// Generate a new mesh packet builder with our node as the sender, and the specified node num
     private fun newMeshPacketTo(idNum: Int) = MeshPacket.newBuilder().apply {
         if (myNodeInfo == null)
             throw RadioNotConnectedException()
 
-        from = myNodeInfo!!.myNodeNum
+        from = myNodeNum
         to = idNum
     }
 
@@ -659,6 +665,8 @@ class MeshService : Service(), Logging {
                 clientPackages[receiverName] = packageName
             }
 
+        override fun getMyId() = toRemoteExceptions { myNodeID }
+
         override fun setOwner(myId: String?, longName: String, shortName: String) =
             toRemoteExceptions {
                 debug("SetOwner $myId : $longName : $shortName")