diff --git a/keyserver/src/fetchers/user-fetchers.js b/keyserver/src/fetchers/user-fetchers.js
--- a/keyserver/src/fetchers/user-fetchers.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/fetchers/user-fetchers.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 import type { Viewer } from '../session/viewer';
 
 async function fetchUserInfos(
-  userIDs: string[],
+  userIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 ): Promise<{ [id: string]: GlobalUserInfo }> {
   if (userIDs.length <= 0) {
     return {};
diff --git a/keyserver/src/responders/website-responders.js b/keyserver/src/responders/website-responders.js
--- a/keyserver/src/responders/website-responders.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/responders/website-responders.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import {
   fetchCurrentUserInfo,
   fetchKnownUserInfos,
+  fetchUserInfos,
 } from '../fetchers/user-fetchers';
 import { setNewSession } from '../session/cookies';
 import { Viewer } from '../session/viewer';
@@ -145,6 +146,28 @@
     throw new ServerError(e.message);
   }
 
+  let navInfoUserInfoPromise;
+  if (
+    viewer.loggedIn &&
+    initialNavInfo.tab === 'chat' &&
+    initialNavInfo.chatMode === 'create' &&
+    initialNavInfo.selectedUserList &&
+    initialNavInfo.selectedUserList.length > 0
+  ) {
+    const userIDs = initialNavInfo.selectedUserList;
+    navInfoUserInfoPromise = (async () => {
+      const userInfos = {};
+      const fetchedUserInfos = await fetchUserInfos(userIDs);
+      for (const userID in fetchedUserInfos) {
+        const userInfo = fetchedUserInfos[userID];
+        if (userInfo.username) {
+          userInfos[userID] = userInfo;
+        }
+      }
+      return userInfos;
+    })();
+  }
+
   const calendarQuery = {
     startDate: initialNavInfo.startDate,
     endDate: initialNavInfo.endDate,
@@ -162,7 +185,7 @@
   );
   const entryInfoPromise = fetchEntryInfos(viewer, [calendarQuery]);
   const currentUserInfoPromise = fetchCurrentUserInfo(viewer);
-  const userInfoPromise = fetchKnownUserInfos(viewer);
+  const knownUserInfoPromise = fetchKnownUserInfos(viewer);
 
   const sessionIDPromise = (async () => {
     if (viewer.loggedIn) {
@@ -197,8 +220,14 @@
     };
   })();
   const userStorePromise = (async () => {
-    const userInfos = await userInfoPromise;
-    return { userInfos, inconsistencyReports: [] };
+    const [knownUserInfos, navInfoUserInfos] = await Promise.all([
+      knownUserInfoPromise,
+      navInfoUserInfoPromise,
+    ]);
+    return {
+      userInfos: { ...navInfoUserInfos, ...knownUserInfos },
+      inconsistencyReports: [],
+    };
   })();
 
   const navInfoPromise = (async () => {