diff --git a/src/main/shadow/cljs/ui/components/inspect.cljs b/src/main/shadow/cljs/ui/components/inspect.cljs
index b521dc34..13e6c0d6 100644
--- a/src/main/shadow/cljs/ui/components/inspect.cljs
+++ b/src/main/shadow/cljs/ui/components/inspect.cljs
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
         :tab-index (if active? 0 -1)}
        label]))
 
-(defc ui-object-crumb [{:keys [nav-idx nav-from oid] :as stack-item} panel-idx active?]
+(defc ui-object-crumb [{:keys [nav? nav-idx nav-from oid] :as stack-item} panel-idx active?]
   (bind object
     (sg/kv-lookup ::m/object (or nav-from oid)))
 
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@
   (render
     (<< [:div {:class (css :border-r :p-2 :cursor-pointer :truncate {:max-width "160px"})
                :style/font-weight (if active? "600" "400")
+               :style/font-style (if nav? "italic" "normal")
                :on-click {:e ::m/inspect-set-current! :idx panel-idx}}
          label])))
 
diff --git a/src/main/shadow/cljs/ui/db/inspect.cljs b/src/main/shadow/cljs/ui/db/inspect.cljs
index ed7434dc..bdd2e89e 100644
--- a/src/main/shadow/cljs/ui/db/inspect.cljs
+++ b/src/main/shadow/cljs/ui/db/inspect.cljs
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
                 (assoc-in [::m/inspect :current] (inc panel-idx))))))
 
     :obj-result-ref
-    (let [{:keys [oid ref-oid from summary]}
+    (let [{:keys [oid nav? ref-oid from summary]}
           call-result
 
           obj
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@
           (-> (subvec stack 0 (inc panel-idx))
               (conj {:type :object-panel
                      :oid ref-oid
+                     :nav? nav?
                      :nav-from oid
                      :nav-idx idx}))]
 
diff --git a/src/main/shadow/cljs/ui/db/relay_ws.cljs b/src/main/shadow/cljs/ui/db/relay_ws.cljs
index b67882be..54bdda68 100644
--- a/src/main/shadow/cljs/ui/db/relay_ws.cljs
+++ b/src/main/shadow/cljs/ui/db/relay_ws.cljs
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@
                  (str (str/replace js/self.location.protocol "http" "ws")
                       "//" js/self.location.host
                       "/api/remote-relay"
-                      "?server-token=" server-token))
+                      "?id=shadow-cljs-ui"
+                      "&server-token=" server-token
+                      ))
         ws-ref (atom socket)]
 
     (swap! rt-ref assoc
diff --git a/src/main/shadow/remote/runtime/obj_support.cljc b/src/main/shadow/remote/runtime/obj_support.cljc
index 1f0b73da..07ec4550 100644
--- a/src/main/shadow/remote/runtime/obj_support.cljc
+++ b/src/main/shadow/remote/runtime/obj_support.cljc
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@
         :cljs [[cljs.repl :refer (error->str)]]))
   #?(:clj (:import [java.util UUID])))
 
-(defrecord Reference [obj])
+(defrecord Reference [obj extra])
 
-(defn obj-ref [obj]
-  (when (some? obj)
-    (Reference. obj)))
+(defn obj-ref
+  ([obj]
+   (obj-ref obj nil))
+  ([obj extra]
+   (when (some? obj)
+     (Reference. obj extra))))
 
 (defn obj-ref? [result]
   (instance? Reference result))
@@ -170,7 +173,10 @@
                         (cond->
                           ;; only send new-obj :summary when requested
                           (:summary msg)
-                          (assoc :summary (obj-describe* this new-oid))))]
+                          (assoc :summary (obj-describe* this new-oid))
+
+                          (:extra result)
+                          (merge (:extra result))))]
                 (shared/reply runtime msg reply-msg))))
 
           (catch #?(:clj Exception :cljs :default) e
@@ -314,20 +320,22 @@
         (or (vector? data) (list? data))
         (let [val (nth data idx)
               nav (d/nav data idx val)]
-          (obj-ref nav))
+          ;; using not= since the value might not be identical but equal
+          ;; nav may attach more metadata without altering actual value
+          (obj-ref nav {:nav? (not= val nav)}))
 
         (map? data)
         (let [view-order (cache-view-order state-ref entry (keys data))
               key (nth view-order idx)
               val (get data key)
               nav (d/nav data key val)]
-          (obj-ref nav))
+          (obj-ref nav {:nav? (not= val nav)}))
 
         (set? data)
         (let [view-order (cache-view-order state-ref entry data)
               val (nth view-order idx)
               nav (d/nav data idx val)]
-          (obj-ref nav))
+          (obj-ref nav {:nav? (not= val nav)}))
 
         :else
         (throw (ex-info "nav not supported?" entry))))))