Index: src/json_user.c
==================================================================
--- src/json_user.c
+++ src/json_user.c
@@ -407,13 +407,11 @@
   if(str){ cson_object_set(u, LK, json_new_string(str)); } (void)0
   PROP("password");
   PROP("info");
   PROP("capabilities");
 #undef PROP
-  if(g.isHTTP){
-    tmpV = json_req_payload_get("name");
-  }
+  tmpV = json_req_payload_get("name");
   if(!tmpV && !g.isHTTP){
     /* only do this in CLI mode, to avoid the fossil-internal "name"
        param from become a user's name. Been there, done that
        (renamed my account to "user/save").
     */