diff --git a/Application/IW4MServer.cs b/Application/IW4MServer.cs
index b4485a336..525e43698 100644
--- a/Application/IW4MServer.cs
+++ b/Application/IW4MServer.cs
@@ -310,6 +310,11 @@ namespace IW4MAdmin
                         Console.WriteLine(loc["MANAGER_CONNECTION_REST"].FormatExt($"[{IP}:{Port}]"));
                     }
 
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(CustomSayName))
+                    {
+                        await this.SetDvarAsync("sv_sayname", CustomSayName);
+                    }
+
                     Throttled = false;
                 }
 
diff --git a/SharedLibraryCore/Server.cs b/SharedLibraryCore/Server.cs
index 44c888953..9c0564616 100644
--- a/SharedLibraryCore/Server.cs
+++ b/SharedLibraryCore/Server.cs
@@ -347,6 +347,6 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore
 
         // only here for performance
         private readonly bool CustomSayEnabled;
-        private readonly string CustomSayName;
+        protected readonly string CustomSayName;
     }
 }