diff --git a/src/modules/remote-access/useNetBirdClient.ts b/src/modules/remote-access/useNetBirdClient.ts
index 2d0595dd5..1d0e6ebec 100644
--- a/src/modules/remote-access/useNetBirdClient.ts
+++ b/src/modules/remote-access/useNetBirdClient.ts
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export const useNetBirdClient = () => {
   }, []);
 
   const connect = useCallback(
-    async (privateKey: string): Promise<boolean> => {
+    async (privateKey: string, deviceName?: string): Promise<boolean> => {
       await initialize();
 
       if (typeof (window as any).NetBirdClient !== "function") {
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ export const useNetBirdClient = () => {
           privateKey,
           logLevel: "info",
           managementURL: config.apiOrigin,
+          // Report the name the peer was registered with, so its meta does not
+          // change on the first sync (a meta change pushes a network map to
+          // every peer in the account).
+          ...(deviceName ? { deviceName } : {}),
         });
 
         await netBirdClient.current.start();
@@ -293,7 +297,7 @@ export const useNetBirdClient = () => {
           },
           `/${peerId}/temporary-access`,
         );
-        return await connect(keyPairs.privateKey);
+        return await connect(keyPairs.privateKey, name);
       } catch (error) {
         netBirdStore.setState({ status: NetBirdStatus.DISCONNECTED });
         throw error;
diff --git a/src/utils/config.ts b/src/utils/config.ts
index 3e602ad13..9d280ac28 100644
--- a/src/utils/config.ts
+++ b/src/utils/config.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ const loadConfig = (): Config => {
     googleTagManagerID: configJson?.googleTagManagerID || undefined,
     authServiceUrl: configJson?.authServiceUrl ?? undefined,
     wasmPath:
-      configJson?.wasmPath || "https://pkgs.netbird.io/wasm/client/v0.76.3",
+      configJson?.wasmPath || "https://pkgs.netbird.io/wasm/client/v0.78.0",
     licensed: configJson?.licensed === "true",
     cloud: configJson?.cloud === "true",
     agentNetworkOnly: configJson?.agentNetworkOnly === "true",