diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/NodeList.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/NodeList.cpp
index 7c5e7fc5b7..7bfe1d1845 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/NodeList.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/NodeList.cpp
@@ -1040,25 +1040,20 @@ void NodeList::muteNodeBySessionID(const QUuid& nodeID) {
 }
 
 void NodeList::requestUsernameFromSessionID(const QUuid& nodeID) {
-    // send a request to domain-server to get the username associated with the given session ID
-    if (getThisNodeCanKick() || nodeID.isNull()) {
-        // setup the packet
-        auto usernameFromIDRequestPacket = NLPacket::create(PacketType::UsernameFromIDRequest, NUM_BYTES_RFC4122_UUID, true);
+    // send a request to domain-server to get the username/machine fingerprint/admin status associated with the given session ID
+    // If the requesting user isn't an admin, the username and machine fingerprint will return "".
+    auto usernameFromIDRequestPacket = NLPacket::create(PacketType::UsernameFromIDRequest, NUM_BYTES_RFC4122_UUID, true);
 
-        // write the node ID to the packet
-        if (nodeID.isNull()) {
-            usernameFromIDRequestPacket->write(getSessionUUID().toRfc4122());
-        } else {
-            usernameFromIDRequestPacket->write(nodeID.toRfc4122());
-        }
-
-        qCDebug(networking) << "Sending packet to get username of node" << uuidStringWithoutCurlyBraces(nodeID);
-
-        sendPacket(std::move(usernameFromIDRequestPacket), _domainHandler.getSockAddr());
+    // write the node ID to the packet
+    if (nodeID.isNull()) {
+        usernameFromIDRequestPacket->write(getSessionUUID().toRfc4122());
     } else {
-        qWarning() << "You do not have permissions to kick in this domain."
-            << "Request to get the username of node" << uuidStringWithoutCurlyBraces(nodeID) << "will not be sent";
+        usernameFromIDRequestPacket->write(nodeID.toRfc4122());
     }
+
+    qCDebug(networking) << "Sending packet to get username/fingerprint/admin status of node" << uuidStringWithoutCurlyBraces(nodeID);
+
+    sendPacket(std::move(usernameFromIDRequestPacket), _domainHandler.getSockAddr());
 }
 
 void NodeList::processUsernameFromIDReply(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> message) {
@@ -1071,7 +1066,8 @@ void NodeList::processUsernameFromIDReply(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> messag
     bool isAdmin;
     message->readPrimitive(&isAdmin);
 
-    qCDebug(networking) << "Got username" << username << "and machine fingerprint" << machineFingerprintString << "for node" << nodeUUIDString;
+    qCDebug(networking) << "Got username" << username << "and machine fingerprint"
+        << machineFingerprintString << "for node" << nodeUUIDString << ". isAdmin:" << isAdmin;
 
     emit usernameFromIDReply(nodeUUIDString, username, machineFingerprintString, isAdmin);
 }