diff --git a/HubConnectionOptions.go b/HubConnectionOptions.go
index 997c86e..c990aaa 100644
--- a/HubConnectionOptions.go
+++ b/HubConnectionOptions.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ type HubConnectionOptions struct {
 	Address           HubAddress
 	SkipVerifyTLS     bool // using a negative verb, because bools default to false
 	SkipAutoReconnect bool // as above
-	Self              UserInfo
+	Self              *UserInfo
 	NickPassword      string
 }
 
diff --git a/NmdcProtocol.go b/NmdcProtocol.go
index 33bd276..db209fe 100644
--- a/NmdcProtocol.go
+++ b/NmdcProtocol.go
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ func (this *NmdcProtocol) SayPrivate(recipient, message string) {
 }
 
 func (this *NmdcProtocol) sayInfo() {
-	this.hc.SayRaw(this.getUserMyINFO(&this.hc.Hco.Self) + "|")
+	this.hc.SayRaw(this.getUserMyINFO(this.hc.Hco.Self) + "|")
 }
 
 func (this *NmdcProtocol) parseMyINFO(protomsg string) (*UserInfo, error) {