diff --git a/routes/auth.js b/routes/auth.js
index 1c64b51..34ac0cf 100644
--- a/routes/auth.js
+++ b/routes/auth.js
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ module.exports = function(pool) {
 
         try {
             const result = await pool.query(
-                `SELECT id, username, display_name, pass_hash, is_active
+                `SELECT id, username, display_name, pass_hash, is_active,
+                        is_admin, territory
                  FROM pf.app_user WHERE lower(username) = lower($1)`,
                 [username]
             );
diff --git a/ui/src/views/Forecast.jsx b/ui/src/views/Forecast.jsx
index 0510d42..affd063 100644
--- a/ui/src/views/Forecast.jsx
+++ b/ui/src/views/Forecast.jsx
@@ -806,8 +806,15 @@ export default function Forecast({ sources = [], sourceId, versions = [], versio
       // restore last-used layout or build default
       // Strip cfg.table — table is already loaded by reference above; a stale name
       // in a saved config would cause Perspective to fail the name lookup.
-      const saved = localStorage.getItem(LAYOUT_KEY(vid))
-      if (saved) {
+      //
+      // An empty table has no schema at all, so any config naming any column
+      // aborts the worker -- "Could not get dtype for column `sseas_e`". There
+      // is nothing to lay out, so nothing is restored; the saved layout stays in
+      // localStorage and comes back when there are rows again.
+      const saved = rowCount > 0 ? localStorage.getItem(LAYOUT_KEY(vid)) : null
+      if (rowCount === 0) {
+        await viewer.restore({ settings: false, plugin_config: { edit_mode: 'SELECT_REGION' } })
+      } else if (saved) {
         const { table: _t, ...rest } = cleanLayout(JSON.parse(saved), validCols)
         const cfg = { ...rest, plugin_config: { ...(rest.plugin_config || {}), edit_mode: 'SELECT_REGION' } }
         await viewer.restore(cfg)