diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/HostConnection.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/HostConnection.swift
index d72948e..8c482e3 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/HostConnection.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/HostConnection.swift
@@ -287,7 +287,10 @@ final class HostConnection {
             channel: channel, identity: identity, hostStaticKey: hostStaticKey,
             mode: mode, deviceID: deviceID,
             deviceLabel: UIDevice.current.name, pushToken: PushRegistrar.shared.tokenHex,
-            releaseChannel: BuildInfo.current.channel.releaseChannel)
+            releaseChannel: BuildInfo.current.channel.releaseChannel,
+            // Mesh "join": advertise roster gossip so a host pushes its group view — the phone
+            // then auto-learns and connects to every Mac in the mesh, not just the one it scanned.
+            clientCaps: WireClientCapabilities(mesh: 1, canSyncRoster: true))
         self.client = client
         consume(client, pairingPayload: pairingPayload)
     }