diff --git a/crates/collab_ui/src/collab_titlebar_item.rs b/crates/collab_ui/src/collab_titlebar_item.rs
index 3351fb9eb9c14c7f82f0f4d27243776a5b419161..ffafa2d142c427614bc87daab65d85a947d92673 100644
--- a/crates/collab_ui/src/collab_titlebar_item.rs
+++ b/crates/collab_ui/src/collab_titlebar_item.rs
@@ -417,9 +417,13 @@ impl CollabTitlebarItem {
         theme: &Theme,
         cx: &mut RenderContext<Self>,
     ) -> ElementBox {
-        let is_followed = peer.map_or(false, |(peer_id, _, _)| {
-            workspace.read(cx).is_following(peer_id)
+        let (is_followed, is_following) = peer.map_or((false, false), |(peer_id, _, _)| {
+            (
+                workspace.read(cx).is_following(peer_id),
+                workspace.read(cx).is_followed(peer_id),
+            )
         });
+        // my color, around their avatar.
 
         let mut avatar_style;
         if let Some((_, _, location)) = peer.as_ref() {
@@ -442,6 +446,10 @@ impl CollabTitlebarItem {
             replica_color = Some(color);
             if is_followed {
                 avatar_style.border = Border::all(1.0, color);
+            } else if is_following {
+                let our_id = workspace.read(cx).project().read(cx).replica_id();
+                let our_color = theme.editor.replica_selection_style(our_id).cursor;
+                avatar_style.border = Border::all(1.0, our_color);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs b/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
index 58517346097af8b6f79d1fe0bb60b837d037af60..6a8fdaa17b4e54d49d8868e7ebbbc3cdc8e32c21 100644
--- a/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
+++ b/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
@@ -1623,6 +1623,7 @@ impl Workspace {
             project_id,
             leader_id: Some(leader_id),
         });
+
         Some(cx.spawn_weak(|this, mut cx| async move {
             let response = request.await?;
             if let Some(this) = this.upgrade(&cx) {
@@ -1719,6 +1720,10 @@ impl Workspace {
         self.follower_states_by_leader.contains_key(&peer_id)
     }
 
+    pub fn is_followed(&self, peer_id: PeerId) -> bool {
+        self.leader_state.followers.contains(&peer_id)
+    }
+
     fn render_titlebar(&self, theme: &Theme, cx: &mut RenderContext<Self>) -> ElementBox {
         let project = &self.project.read(cx);
         let mut worktree_root_names = String::new();
@@ -1896,6 +1901,9 @@ impl Workspace {
                         .to_proto(),
                 )
             });
+
+            cx.notify();
+
             Ok(proto::FollowResponse {
                 active_view_id,
                 views: this
@@ -1928,10 +1936,11 @@ impl Workspace {
         _: Arc<Client>,
         mut cx: AsyncAppContext,
     ) -> Result<()> {
-        this.update(&mut cx, |this, _| {
+        this.update(&mut cx, |this, cx| {
             this.leader_state
                 .followers
                 .remove(&envelope.original_sender_id()?);
+            cx.notify();
             Ok(())
         })
     }