diff --git a/server/svn-service.js b/server/svn-service.js
index d64465a..844fed8 100644
--- a/server/svn-service.js
+++ b/server/svn-service.js
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ function repoFromDiscovered(discovered, existing = {}) {
     name: discovered.name,
     url: discovered.url,
     checkoutPath: existing.checkoutPath || discovered.id,
+    username: existing.username || (discovered.authUsers?.length === 1 ? discovered.authUsers[0] : ""),
     source: "server",
     serverRepositoryRoot: discovered.rootPath,
     serverRepositoryPath: discovered.repositoryPath,