--- a/network_client.c	Sun Oct 15 23:37:15 2006 +0000
+++ b/network_client.c	Sun Oct 15 23:42:18 2006 +0000
@@ -521,9 +521,8 @@
 			} else {
 				/* We have arrived and ready to start playing; send a command to make a new player;
 				 * the server will give us a client-id and let us in */
-				_local_player = 0;
+				_local_player = PLAYER_SPECTATOR;
 				NetworkSend_Command(0, 0, 0, CMD_PLAYER_CTRL, NULL);
-				_local_player = PLAYER_SPECTATOR;
 			}
 		} else {
 			// take control over an existing company