diff --git a/api/serveApi.ts b/api/serveApi.ts
index 9781194..6d72732 100644
--- a/api/serveApi.ts
+++ b/api/serveApi.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
-import { createLoggerMiddleware, createPathFilter } from "t_rest/server";
+import {
+  createEndpoint,
+  createLoggerMiddleware,
+  createMethodFilter,
+  createPathFilter,
+} from "t_rest/server";
 import { jobsRoute } from "./jobsRoute.ts";
 import { paramsRoute } from "./paramsRoute.ts";
 import { sessionsRoute } from "./sessionsRoute.ts";
 import { statsRoute } from "./statsRoute.ts";
 import { usersRoute } from "./usersRoute.ts";
 import { workersRoute } from "./workersRoute.ts";
+import { bot } from "../bot/mod.ts";
 
 export const serveApi = createLoggerMiddleware(
   createPathFilter({
@@ -14,6 +20,13 @@ export const serveApi = createLoggerMiddleware(
     "settings/params": paramsRoute,
     "stats": statsRoute,
     "workers": workersRoute,
+    "bot": createMethodFilter({
+      // deno-lint-ignore require-await
+      GET: createEndpoint({ query: null, body: null }, async () => {
+        const username = bot.botInfo.username;
+        return { status: 200, body: { type: "application/json", data: { username } } };
+      }),
+    }),
   }),
   { filterStatus: (status) => status >= 400 },
 );
diff --git a/ui/AppHeader.tsx b/ui/AppHeader.tsx
index 486de7b..fa22c51 100644
--- a/ui/AppHeader.tsx
+++ b/ui/AppHeader.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ export function AppHeader(
     (args) => fetchApi(...args).then(handleResponse),
   );
 
+  const bot = useSWR(
+    ['bot',"GET",{}] as const, (args) => fetchApi(...args).then(handleResponse),
+  );
+
   const userPhoto = useSWR(
     session.data?.userId
       ? ["users/{userId}/photo", "GET", {
@@ -89,7 +93,7 @@ export function AppHeader(
         : null}
 
       {/* login/logout button */}
-      {!session.isLoading && !user.isLoading && sessionId
+      {!session.isLoading && !user.isLoading && bot.data && sessionId
         ? (
           user.data
             ? (
@@ -100,7 +104,7 @@ export function AppHeader(
             : (
               <a
                 className="button-filled"
-                href={`https://t.me/ErisTheBot?start=${sessionId}`}
+                href={`https://t.me/${bot.data.username}?start=${sessionId}`}
                 target="_blank"
               >
                 Login