diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 14edbf6..6100293 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Here's where we're at right now:
 - [x] Appear as online in Empathy
 - [x] Disconnect!
 - [ ] Set up an account manually
-- [ ] Contacts handling
+- [~] Contacts handling
 - [x] Text messages
 - [ ] Multimedia messages
 - [ ] Setup messages
@@ -103,12 +103,15 @@ the binary into `/usr/lib/telepathy/telepathy-padfoot`.
 
 I should probably put this into the makefile.
 
+### Running
 
-
+D-Bus activation is not enabled yet, since it gets in the way of disaster-driven
+development. Just run the `telepathy-padfoot` binary as the same user that your
+chat client will be running as. It registers to the DBUS **session bus**, and
+will be picked up next time your chat client scans (which may need a restart).
 
 ### Autogenerated telepathy DBUS bindings
 
-
 It makes use of the `dbus-codegen-rust` crate to convert the
 [telepathy interface specs](https://github.com/TelepathyIM/telepathy-spec) into
 the executable code in `src/telepathy`. This is checked in, but can be
diff --git a/src/padfoot/channel.rs b/src/padfoot/channel.rs
index a6aadec..d312917 100644
--- a/src/padfoot/channel.rs
+++ b/src/padfoot/channel.rs
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ impl Channel {
             "org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.TargetHandleType".to_string(),
             var_u32(self.handle_type()),
         );
+        out.insert(
+            "org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.InitiatorHandle".to_string(),
+            var_u32(self.initiator_handle),
+        );
+        out.insert(
+            "org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.InitiatorID".to_string(),
+            var_str(self.initiator_contact().unwrap().get_addr().to_string()),
+        );
         out.insert(
             "org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.TargetHandle".to_string(),
             var_u32(self.target_handle),
diff --git a/src/padfoot/connection.rs b/src/padfoot/connection.rs
index 0bbd02b..39986c7 100644
--- a/src/padfoot/connection.rs
+++ b/src/padfoot/connection.rs
@@ -390,10 +390,10 @@ impl Connection {
                             ) {
                                 // Ignore messages that are self-originated.
                                 // FIXME: special-case self-chats
-                                // if msg.get_from_id() == dc::constants::DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF {
-                                //     println!("from ourselves, skipping");
-                                //     continue;
-                                // }
+                                if msg.get_from_id() == dc::constants::DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF {
+                                    println!("from ourselves, skipping");
+                                    continue;
+                                }
 
                                 let parts = convert_msg(&msg);