diff --git a/server/web/index.html b/server/web/index.html
index b7b5410..d29846d 100644
--- a/server/web/index.html
+++ b/server/web/index.html
@@ -262,32 +262,59 @@
   }
   async function postSignal(toID, payload) { await postMessage({ type: "signal", to: toID, signal: payload }); }
 
-  async function handleOffer(fromID, sdp) {
-    let r = remotePeers.get(fromID);
-    if (r && r.pc) { try { r.pc.close(); } catch (_) {} }
+  function newPeer(remoteID, asOfferer) {
     const pc = new RTCPeerConnection({ iceServers: [{ urls: "stun:stun.l.google.com:19302" }] });
-    r = { pc, dc: null, lastSeen: Date.now(), status: "new" };
-    remotePeers.set(fromID, r);
-    refreshPill(); renderPeers();
+    const r = { pc, dc: null, lastSeen: Date.now(), status: "new", role: asOfferer ? "offerer" : "answerer" };
+    remotePeers.set(remoteID, r);
 
-    pc.onicecandidate = (ev) => { if (ev.candidate) postSignal(fromID, { kind: "ice", candidate: ev.candidate.toJSON() }); };
+    pc.onicecandidate = (ev) => { if (ev.candidate) postSignal(remoteID, { kind: "ice", candidate: ev.candidate.toJSON() }); };
     pc.onconnectionstatechange = () => {
       r.status = pc.connectionState; refreshPill(); renderPeers();
-      if (pc.connectionState === "failed" || pc.connectionState === "closed") remotePeers.delete(fromID);
+      if (pc.connectionState === "failed" || pc.connectionState === "closed") remotePeers.delete(remoteID);
     };
-    pc.ondatachannel = (ev) => {
-      const ch = ev.channel; r.dc = ch;
+    const wireChannel = (ch) => {
+      r.dc = ch;
       ch.onopen = () => { refreshPill(); renderPeers(); };
       ch.onclose = () => { refreshPill(); renderPeers(); };
-      ch.onmessage = (m) => addIncoming(m.data, fromID.slice(0, 12), Date.now(), true);
+      ch.onmessage = (m) => addIncoming(m.data, remoteID.slice(0, 12), Date.now(), true);
     };
+    if (asOfferer) {
+      // We create the channel; peer will receive via ondatachannel
+      wireChannel(pc.createDataChannel("tether"));
+    } else {
+      pc.ondatachannel = (ev) => wireChannel(ev.channel);
+    }
+    refreshPill(); renderPeers();
+    return r;
+  }
 
-    await pc.setRemoteDescription({ type: "offer", sdp });
-    const answer = await pc.createAnswer();
-    await pc.setLocalDescription(answer);
+  async function initiateOffer(toID) {
+    if (remotePeers.has(toID)) return;
+    const r = newPeer(toID, true);
+    const offer = await r.pc.createOffer();
+    await r.pc.setLocalDescription(offer);
+    await postSignal(toID, { kind: "offer", sdp: offer });
+  }
+
+  async function handleOffer(fromID, sdp) {
+    let r = remotePeers.get(fromID);
+    // Tie-break: if we're already the offerer to this peer and our id sorts
+    // lower than theirs, ignore their offer — they should be answering ours.
+    if (r && r.role === "offerer" && peerID < fromID) return;
+    if (r && r.pc) { try { r.pc.close(); } catch (_) {} remotePeers.delete(fromID); }
+    r = newPeer(fromID, false);
+    await r.pc.setRemoteDescription({ type: "offer", sdp });
+    const answer = await r.pc.createAnswer();
+    await r.pc.setLocalDescription(answer);
     await postSignal(fromID, { kind: "answer", sdp: answer });
   }
 
+  async function handleAnswer(fromID, sdp) {
+    const r = remotePeers.get(fromID);
+    if (!r || !r.pc || r.role !== "offerer") return;
+    try { await r.pc.setRemoteDescription({ type: "answer", sdp }); } catch (e) {}
+  }
+
   async function handleIce(fromID, candidate) {
     const r = remotePeers.get(fromID);
     if (r && r.pc) { try { await r.pc.addIceCandidate(candidate); } catch (e) {} }
@@ -312,9 +339,21 @@
         const p = m.signal;
         if (!p) return;
         if (p.kind === "offer" && p.sdp) handleOffer(m.from, p.sdp.sdp);
+        else if (p.kind === "answer" && p.sdp) handleAnswer(m.from, p.sdp.sdp);
         else if (p.kind === "ice" && p.candidate) handleIce(m.from, p.candidate);
       } catch (e) {}
     });
+    es.addEventListener("presence", (ev) => {
+      try {
+        const m = JSON.parse(ev.data);
+        if (!m.from || m.from === peerID) return;
+        // Deterministic initiator: the smaller-id peer creates the offer.
+        // If we already have a PC for them, do nothing.
+        if (peerID < m.from && !remotePeers.has(m.from)) {
+          initiateOffer(m.from);
+        }
+      } catch (e) {}
+    });
     es.onerror = () => setTimeout(connectFeed, 2000);
   }
   connectFeed();