diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/ActFmLoginActivity.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/ActFmLoginActivity.java
index 063624771..4faf6d908 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/ActFmLoginActivity.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/ActFmLoginActivity.java
@@ -527,6 +527,12 @@ public class ActFmLoginActivity extends FragmentActivity implements AuthListener
                 result.optLong("id"));
         Preferences.setString(ActFmPreferenceService.PREF_NAME,
                 result.optString("name"));
+        Preferences.setString(ActFmPreferenceService.PREF_FIRST_NAME,
+                result.optString("first_name"));
+        Preferences.setString(ActFmPreferenceService.PREF_LAST_NAME,
+                result.optString("last_name"));
+        Preferences.setBoolean(ActFmPreferenceService.PREF_PREMIUM,
+                result.optBoolean("premium"));
         Preferences.setString(ActFmPreferenceService.PREF_EMAIL,
                 result.optString("email"));
         Preferences.setString(ActFmPreferenceService.PREF_PICTURE,
diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmPreferenceService.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmPreferenceService.java
index 6474e886c..ada23f8a7 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmPreferenceService.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmPreferenceService.java
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ public class ActFmPreferenceService extends SyncProviderUtilities {
     /** Act.fm current user name */
     public static final String PREF_NAME = IDENTIFIER + "_name"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
+    /** Act.fm current user first name */
+    public static final String PREF_FIRST_NAME = IDENTIFIER + "_first_name"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
+    /** Act.fm current user last name */
+    public static final String PREF_LAST_NAME = IDENTIFIER + "_last_name"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
+    /** Act.fm current user premium status */
+    public static final String PREF_PREMIUM = IDENTIFIER + "_premium"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
     /** Act.fm current user picture */
     public static final String PREF_PICTURE = IDENTIFIER + "_picture"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
@@ -115,6 +124,9 @@ public class ActFmPreferenceService extends SyncProviderUtilities {
             user = new JSONObject();
             try {
                 user.put("name", Preferences.getStringValue(PREF_NAME));
+                user.put("first_name", Preferences.getStringValue(PREF_FIRST_NAME));
+                user.put("last_name", Preferences.getStringValue(PREF_LAST_NAME));
+                user.put("premium", Preferences.getBoolean(PREF_PREMIUM, false));
                 user.put("email", Preferences.getStringValue(PREF_EMAIL));
                 user.put("picture", Preferences.getStringValue(PREF_PICTURE));
                 user.put("id", Preferences.getLong(PREF_USER_ID, 0));
@@ -125,6 +137,10 @@ public class ActFmPreferenceService extends SyncProviderUtilities {
         return user;
     }
 
+    public boolean isPremiumUser() {
+        return Preferences.getBoolean(PREF_PREMIUM, false);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getLoggedInUserName() {
         return Preferences.getStringValue(PREF_NAME);
diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncV2Provider.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncV2Provider.java
index 1a40cf818..e4c44eaad 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncV2Provider.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncV2Provider.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 import com.timsu.astrid.C2DMReceiver;
 import com.timsu.astrid.R;
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ public class ActFmSyncV2Provider extends SyncV2Provider {
                 final AtomicInteger finisher = new AtomicInteger(3);
 
                 actFmPreferenceService.recordSyncStart();
-
+                updateUserStatus();
 
                 startUsersFetcher(callback, finisher);
 
@@ -137,6 +138,30 @@ public class ActFmSyncV2Provider extends SyncV2Provider {
         }).start();
     }
 
+    /** fetch user status hash*/
+    @SuppressWarnings("nls")
+    private void updateUserStatus() {
+        try {
+            JSONObject status = actFmSyncService.invoke("user_status"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+            if (status.has("id"))
+                Preferences.setLong(ActFmPreferenceService.PREF_USER_ID, status.optLong("id"));
+            if (status.has("name"))
+                Preferences.setString(ActFmPreferenceService.PREF_NAME, status.optString("name"));
+            if (status.has("first_name"))
+                Preferences.setString(ActFmPreferenceService.PREF_FIRST_NAME, status.optString("first_name"));
+            if (status.has("last_name"))
+                Preferences.setString(ActFmPreferenceService.PREF_LAST_NAME, status.optString("first_name"));
+            if (status.has("premium"))
+                Preferences.setBoolean(ActFmPreferenceService.PREF_PREMIUM, status.optBoolean("premium"));
+            if (status.has("email"))
+                Preferences.setString(ActFmPreferenceService.PREF_EMAIL, status.optString("email"));
+            if (status.has("picture"))
+                Preferences.setString(ActFmPreferenceService.PREF_PICTURE, status.optString("picture"));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            handler.handleException("actfm-sync", e, e.toString()); //$NON-NLS-1$
+        }
+    }
+
     /** fetch changes to users/friends */
     private void startUsersFetcher(final SyncResultCallback callback,
             final AtomicInteger finisher) {